Come back every Wednesday for a new set of five! This week we have Eho Hamara Jeewana by Dalip Kaur Tiwana and Lahu Bhije Bol by Sant Ram Udasi among others.
Eho Hamara Jeewana by Dalip Kaur Tiwana
This Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel, translatable as this is our life, exemplifies her lyrical prose as well as her portrayal gendered socio-economic oppression.
Vidroh De Rah Te by Gursharan Singh
A playwright with over 200 plays to his name, he brought a variety of social issues to the stage. This play deals with the Naxalite movement.
Singh has a trust to his name that publishes the plays in Punjabi as well as in translation--English and Hindi--online.
Lahu Bhije Bol by Sant Ram Udasi
A collection of poetry, translatable as blood-soaked words, by Udasi, a poet known for writing about the Naxalite revolution and the Dalit consciousness.
Chauthi Koot by Waryam Singh Sandhu
Translatable as the fourth direction, Chauthi Koot is a short story collection set in the backdrop of the separatist movement of the 70s and 80s.
Annjall by Amarjit Chandan
Known as "the global face of modern Punjabi poetry", Chandan has eight collections of poetry to his name. He has been widely translated.
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