Author Topic: Culture: Poets and Writers (Read 2758 times)

♥Simmo♥ · « **on:** January 10, 2011, 08:41:28 AM »

POETS AND WRITERS

Dhaniram Chatrak (scholar and writer), Bawa Balwant (poet), and Pritam SinghSafeer's poems offered a veritable pageant of imagesfrom mythology, history and contemporary life. Bhai Vir Singh, a reputed Punjabi poet, had inherited a lot of learning from his father who was a Sanskrit Pandit of considerable repute and a pioneer in the field. Prof. Teja Singh, Sir Shahabuddin, Maulana Salik, Sant Singh Sekhon, Gurbaksh Singh "Talib", Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir, were known figures in Punjabi literature. They sophisticated Punjabi literature, and clothed it in modernity. Among modern poets Mohan Singh and Amrita Pritam have raised Punjabi literature to prominence in the literary map of Punjab.

Both Hindus and Muslims made a valuable contribution to Punjabi literature and culture, though they were unaware of their significant role in a broader perspective.

Some Punjabi cultural luminaries settled down in Calcutta, Bombay or other parts of India., Some did not leave Punjab but entered the mire of politics as if to seek salvation in it.

In the circumstances mentioned earlier, it may sound amazing that such a heritage could produce many talented personalities in the field of art and culture.

Among them can be named Pandit Dalip Chand Bedi (renowned classi-cal musician{, Dr. Raghuvir (lndologist), Pandit Sudarshan, Balwant Gargi, Sachhidanand Hiranand Agyeya, Bawa Balwant (poet), Mulk Raj Anand (writer of international fame), Pritf;viraj Kapoor (actor), K.L. Sehgal (famous actor and singer), Kedar Sharma (writer, direct-or and producer), Krishan Chander M.A. (Urdu and Hindi short story writer), Sahir Ludhianavi (poet), Amrita Pritam (poetess and story writer), Fiqr Taunsavi, Balraj Sahni (actor and writer), Devraj Dinesh, Baldev Bekal (Punjabi poet). Some of them left the province and settled down in other parts of the country.

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