Bitter Fruits

Punjabi translation of a critical essay on legacy of agriculturalist MS Swaminathan by Aditya Bahl

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.

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.

ਆਇਆ ਨੰਦ ਕਿਸ਼ੋਰ/ aiya nand kishor

A poem contrasting a migrant Bihari laborer’s daughter learning Punjabi with local Punjabi children learning English, reflecting on migration, livelihood, and language.