ਫ਼ਿਰਕੂ ਦੰਗੇ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਇਲਾਜ / Communal Riots and Their Solutions
Bhagat Singh’s essay analyzing the causes of Hindu-Muslim communal riots and arguing that economic reform and class consciousness are the real solution.
Tobha Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto
A repost introducing Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story ‘Tobha Tek Singh’, about an asylum inmate caught in the absurdity of Partition.
देश कागज पर बना नक्शा नहीं होता/ ਦੇਸ਼ ਕਾਗ਼ਜ਼ ਤੇ ਬਣਿਆ ਨਕਸ਼ਾ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ
A poem arguing a nation is more than a map on paper, that violence against any citizen wounds the whole country, and urging that murderers never be forgiven.
ਮਕਬੂਲ ਫਿਦਾ ਹੁਸੈਨ / Maqbool Fida Hussain
A poem celebrating painter M.F. Hussain’s life and art, and the borderless, timeless freedom of colors.
ਆਪਣੀ ਅਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤਾ ‘ਚੋਂ / अपनी असुरक्षा से / Lines to Our Own Insecurity
A Paash poem arguing that the state’s version of national security and peace, built on conformity and suppression, is itself a threat to the people.
ਅੱਗ ਨੂੰ ਹਵਾ/spreading fire
A Punjabi translation of Gorakh Pandey’s poem giving voice to the ancient, simmering anger of the oppressed despite fears it stokes rebellion.
Sab toN Khatarnak / ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਖ਼ਤਰਨਾਕ / सब से ख़तरनाक
Avtar Singh Paash’s revolutionary poem ‘The Most Dangerous’, given in Punjabi, Hindi and English, on complacency and the death of dreams as the ultimate danger.