Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet, literary critic and philosopher once said, "Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in the best order". And when it comes to best words and ...
Some people never die, for they live through their work. Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936-1973), whose 85th birth anniversary falls on Saturday, was one such personality and poet who continues to live in the ...
Shiv Kumar Batalvi, a renowned Punjabi poet, author, playwright from East Punjab died very young on May 6, 1973 at the age of only 36. His early death brings to mind Urdu poet Majaz who had also died ...
Shiv's son Meherban Batalvi compiled his father's unpublished writings from magazines, newspapers and journals of the 1950s and 60s and handed them over to a publisher in Ludhiana to be compiled in ...
“ਇਕ ਕੁੜੀ ਜਿਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਮੁਹੱਬਤ ਸੀ… ਗੁਮ ਹੈ ਗੁਮ ਹੈ ਗੁਮ ਹੈ…” A girl whose name was Love… lost, lost, forever lost. I grew up reading Shiv Kumar Batalvi, long before I understood what ...
Shiv Kumar Batalvi Auditorium inaugurated thrice in three hours Finally, after many inordinate delays and unforced postponements in its inauguration, following political interference, the state-of-the ...
Fifty photographs on display at Punjab Kala Bhawan paint a bigger more personal picture of Punjabi poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2 ...
Batala, May 6 (PTI) Rich tributes were paid to poet Shiv Kumar ‘Batalvi’ on his 44th death anniversary here today. At an auditorium, named after him, noted writers, poets, representatives of political ...