Neem Thalle, Pilkan Kol

Neem Thalle, Pilkan Kol

Amrita Pritam, a great Punjabi poet, died about a month ago. Few friends have asked me to write something about her. I haven't dared to. And I don't know why. The fact the Sacramento Bee, a small town newspaper in California and The Guardian (UK), the internationally known liberal paper, have published detailed obituaries does indicate her stature as a giant among dwarfs--that is what moden Punjabi literary scene has been reduced to. I want to write but still can't bring myself about doing it. Hopefully I will manage to write what I feel like writing. Hopefully.

Rabb Rakha