ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨ ਜੱਜ ਸਾਹਿਬ, ਉਹ ਸੋਮਵਾਰ ਹੁਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਵੇਗਾ - ਸਵਰਾਜਬੀਰ
A Punjabi poem by Swarajbir addressing an Indian judge, protesting the denial of a jailed activist’s request to see her dying father.
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.
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.
One Day/ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ
Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s final note, reproduced as a poem, foretelling how he will one day be understood and remembered after his death.
Earthquake
A poem noting how an earthquake ignores borders, passports, and religion while dividing humans build and destroy such barriers themselves.
The Stress Market!
“Take a free Stress Test” was the board on small makeshift table , at this busy market in my city. I ignored it for few days . But my friend got lured by the stress meter, books and the girl counsler.So he took the test , She asked him to hold too cannes connected to the ‘Stress Meter’ and asked some common psychometric questions . Then she interpreted the meter readings to him and hats off to he skills , She sold two self help books to my friend who is hard core non-reader.
Fighting Traffic Chaos
Some years back when I came to City Beautiful ‘Chandigarh’ . Like everybody who comes here I fell in love with the place. For its planned Living,Gardens, Broad roads with trees along sides. There was hardly any traffic problem those days. There is a duet Punjabi songs which goes like : “To drive on roads of Chandigarh is like, paper boat sailing on water flow” “The decorated round abouts are like , The embroidery done by you "
ਮਾਂ ਭੂਮੀ / Motherland
A poem by Lal Singh Dil professing unconditional love for one’s homeland, independent of its natural beauty or riches.