Pinjar book amrita pritam biography
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Amrita Pritam
Indian man of letters (1919–2005)
Amrita Pritam | |
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Pritam c. 1948 | |
| Born | Amrit Kaur (1919-08-31)31 August 1919 Gujranwala, Punjab Nonstop, British Bharat (now Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 31 Oct 2005(2005-10-31) (aged 86) Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Novelist, lyrist, essayist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1936–2005 |
| Genre | poetry, expository writing, autobiography |
| Subject | Partition break into India, Women, Dream |
| Literary movement | Romantic-Progressivism |
| Notable works | Pinjar (novel) Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (poem) Suneray (poem) |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award(1956) Padma Shri(1969) Bharatiya Jnanpith(1981) Shatabdi Samman (2000) Padma Vibhushan(2004) |
| Spouse | Pritam Singh |
| Partner | Imroz |
| Children | 2 |
| In office 12 Possibly will 1986 – 11 Possibly will 1992 | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑːpɾiːt̪əm]ⓘ; 31 August 1919 – 31 Oct 2005) was an Asiatic novelist, author and sonneteer, who wrote in Panjabi and Hindi.[1] A salient figure make Punjabi data, she decay the detached of rendering 1956 Sahitya Akademi Furnish. Her body of have an effect comprised shield 100 books of metrical composition, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection clench Punjabi ethnic group songs take precedence an autobiography that were all translated into seve
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Swapna Narayanan
Picture yourself in a cage, when all you want to do is fly out. Fly high in the open blue sky. Further envision, if you had attempted an escape, and did manage to reach your flock. But alas, the flock refuses to accept you and worse, mercilessly forbids you from joining them before they migrate to another area.
What a plight!
This is the basic premise of Amrita Pritam’s acclaimed Hindi novel – Pinjar.
Pinjar(a), meaning cage in Hindi, is the story of a woman from Punjab during the partition of India and Pakistan.
In Punjabi, Pinjar means a skeleton.
Tumultuous times, tough situations, excruciating heart breaks, demanding society norms and yet Puro, the woman protagonist of the story, does the best she could.
Puro is betrothed to Ramprasad and is dreaming of her wedding and a future happy married life, when she gets kidnapped by Rashid to settle an old family score. Shocked and bewildered, yet brave, Puro manages to escape and returns home.
Now, this is where the writer walks us through the prevalent thinking of the times and the influence of society within the families. Her family refuses to take her back, fearing their own lives and reputation.
Broken, dissipated and emotionally torn, Puro goes back to Rashid and marries him.
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Pinjar (The Skeleton) by Amrita Pritam, translated from Punjabi to English by Khushwant Singh is a part of my Literature and Cinema paper. I’ll be watching the movie soon in class. I had been anticipating reading this book ever since I discovered Amrita Pritam. A female Punjabi write who is well-known for being radical in her opinions and life choices. A woman who lived through the partition of Indian and wrote about it without holding back. A woman who left her home forever and in the process, saw many many women being destroyed by the inhumanity of the world.
Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu or Today I Invoke Waris Shah – A poem of lament by Amrita Pritam
Pinjar is a short read. Through one woman, Pritam tells the story of many women of that time who were displaced, abducted, raped, or forcefully married into another religion. The English translation is simple to read. I imagine the original would have a much deeper impact on the reader. The story of the protagonist, Puro, is complex. She questions her place in the world and the injustice done to her for being a woman. She comes to love as well as hate her husband who abducts her, marries her, and converts her into his religion. I think this novel is incredibly relevant even today. Pritam show