ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਏ ਲੰਮਾ ਲਾਰਾ
A poem likening migrant workers' desperate exodus during the COVID-19 lockdown to a long caravan of the poor and displaced.
ਇਹ ਗੀਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਮਰਦੇ: ਲਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਲ / These Songs Do Not Die: Lal Singh Dil
Translated poems by Lal Singh Dil about caste oppression, labor, and the enduring power of songs and words.
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.
ਇੱਕ ਕਾਲੀ ਔਰਤ / The Black Woman
A poem by Nirupma Dutt about a dark-skinned woman’s pain and longing shaped by societal prejudice against her skin color.
ਬੁਰੀ ਔਰਤ
Nirupama Dutt’s poem celebrates the defiant, fearless ‘wicked woman’ who expresses herself without shame or restraint.