Chande Hazaar Aalam
A Shah Hussain poem using the image of a shepherdess in the mountains to reflect on deeds, faith, and seeking divine grace.
Jeti Jeti Dunia Teri Ram Ji
A Shah Hussain poem in the voice of a wandering mendicant asking God for worldly intoxicants alongside spiritual knowledge and grace.
ਔਰਤਾਂ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਕੀਆਂ ਬੱਲੇ ਬੱਲੇ ਆਂ
A Punjabi folk-style song by Charan Poadhi celebrating pioneering Punjabi women across politics, arts, medicine, sports, and activism through history.
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.
ਸਿੱਖਣੀ ਫ਼ਾਤਿਮਾ ਬੀਬੀ ਉਰਫ਼ ਜਿੰਦਾਂ / Sikhni Fatima Bibi Alias Jindan
A poem recounting the Partition-era abduction and forced conversion of a young Sikh woman, Jindan, who came to be known as Fatima.
the art of being empty / ਸੱਖਣੇ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਕਲਾ
A Rupi Kaur poem, translated into Punjabi, about a daughter taught by her family to see herself as invisible and worthless.
ਫਿਰ ਆਈ ਹੈ/Again, She has Come
A Kartar Singh Duggal poem comparing a worn, repeatedly rejected bureaucratic file to a weary, disgraced woman.
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.
ਦੋ ਮੁਟਿਆਰਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਸਫਰ
A conversational poem between two young Punjabi women on a shared journey, contrasting emigration and career ambitions with independence in marriage and life choices.
Ada Lovelace Day - Leah Culver
A tribute for Ada Lovelace Day celebrating Leah Culver, a female technologist and open-source contributor, as a woman admired in tech.
ਬੁਰੀ ਔਰਤ
Nirupama Dutt’s poem celebrates the defiant, fearless ‘wicked woman’ who expresses herself without shame or restraint.
ਨਾਰੀ- ਿਸ਼ਵ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਬਟਾਲਵੀ
An excerpt from Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s epic poem ‘Loona’ celebrating women as the source and inspiration behind all beauty and creation.
ਏਥੋਂ ਦੀ ਹਰ ਰੀਤ ਦਿਖਾਵਾ / Here, every custom is a pretence
An excerpt from Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s epic poem Loona lamenting how love, religion and custom have become mere pretence in a lonely, lust-driven world.