Uth hun dhol mana
A Shah Hussain poem urging the soul to reconcile with the divine beloved before regretting the fleeting nature of youth, beauty, and wealth.
Selected notes & readings on literature, cinema and technology
Written by Jasdeep Singh
A Shah Hussain poem urging the soul to reconcile with the divine beloved before regretting the fleeting nature of youth, beauty, and wealth.
A Kabir hymn declaring devotion to God’s name as one’s only true wealth, crop, family, and companion.
A Shah Hussain kafi using the metaphor of slipping through a narrow gate to describe freedom from worldly attachments and distractions.
A short Shah Hussain kafi mourning a night that passed without play or union, reflecting on the humble, childlike station of faqirs.
A Sufi kafi by Shah Hussain on how sorrow fulfills the heart, contrasting worldly wealth with the humble truth of the faqir’s path.
A Sufi kafi by Shah Hussain on the purity of true love, faithful eyes, and martyrdom for one’s beloved.
Notes from a film discussion comparing the minimalist transcendental styles of directors Yasujiro Ozu and Robert Bresson.
A Kabir shabad from the Guru Granth Sahib warning against forgetting faith and squandering human life in base, animal-like pursuits.
Michael Rosen’s poem honoring the hands of NHS healthcare workers who care for patients from first touch to last, translated into Punjabi.
A poem likening migrant workers' desperate exodus during the COVID-19 lockdown to a long caravan of the poor and displaced.