By Uma Trilok

Acclaimed as the doyenne of Punjabi literature, Amrita Pritam received many awards, including India’s highest literary award, the Jnanpith, in 1981. Born in Gujranwala, now in Pakistan, in 1919, she came to India after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. Her best-known work is a classic poem, addressed to the great eighteenth-century Sufi poet Waris Shah, in which she laments the carnage of Partition and calls on him to give voice from his grave. Amrita met Imroz, a well-known artist, in the 1960s and they became lifelong companions. They stayed together for more than forty years, till her death, after a long illness, in October 2005.

Published Date: 01/10/2006 Format: PaperBack ISBN: 0-14-310044-0 Publisher: Penguin India Rating: Retail price: Indian Rs. 195.00 (Rs. 390.00) Our price: Rs. 325.00 You Save: Rs. 65.00 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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