Convert MP4 to AVI, playable at Panasonic TVs
Gives an ffmpeg command for converting MP4 video files into AVI format playable on Panasonic TVs.
ਫਸਾਦ / Riots
A poem on the numbing, repetitive cycle of communal riots in India and society’s fading emotional response to them.
ਤੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਇਆ
A poem by Amrita Pritam about longing and unfulfilled waiting for a lover who never arrives, even as spring blossoms all around.
ਮਾਏ ਨੀ
Harbhajan Singh’s lyrical poem depicts a yearning son pleading with his heavenly mother to grant him the moon and mend his fate.
kujh unj vi rahwan aukhiaN san
Munir Niazi’s poem, given with two English translations, reflects on a hard, sorrowful life journey among harsh people and a lingering wish for death.
tum bilkul ham jaise nikale
Fahmida Riaz’s poem tells India it has ‘turned out just like us,’ comparing rising Hindu majoritarianism to Pakistan’s own history of religious fundamentalism.
Earthquake
A poem noting how an earthquake ignores borders, passports, and religion while dividing humans build and destroy such barriers themselves.
Tobha Tek Singh
Presents Saadat Hasan Manto’s classic story about an asylum inmate caught in the absurd madness of India-Pakistan Partition.
Mull Di Teevien
An audio rendition of a Punjabi short story about a trafficked Bengali woman ‘bought’ by a Punjabi truck driver.
ਧਰਮੀ ਬਾਬਲ ਪਾਪ ਕਮਾਇਆ / Honorable father committed a sin
An excerpt from Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s poem Loona retelling the Puran Bhagat legend from Loona’s viewpoint, defending her against being branded characterless for her forced, mismatched marriage.