Published Articles Amrita Pritam: ‘I Wanted to Write at All Costs, and I Did’ (Mint Lounge) August 30, 2020 Written by 0 Ahead of Amrita Pritam’s 101st birth anniversary, a close friend of her girlhood shares with Lounge an unpublished interview conducted for a school magazine. Celebrated poet and novelist Amrita Pritam is one of the most recognized Punjabi authors of the 20th century. Although she has more than 100 books to her credit, she is best known for her novel Pinjar. Amrita Pritam wrote in Punjabi and Hindi, but her works have been translated into many languages, including Danish, Japanese, French and Mandarin. This interview was conducted in Hindi and Urdu by my grandmother’s sister, Mukti Verma, who is 85 years old today. Her writer husband and she were friends with Amrita Pritam and growing up, I often heard the names of Amrita and Imroz at their home in Delhi. Further Reading... Is that what India is About? (Condé Nast Traveller) November 24, 2015 Elizabeth Gilbert and the Art of Living (HT Brunch) April 11, 2022 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo – Netflix Show (The Quint) January 24, 2019 No Comments Leave a Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Previous Post The Curse of the Stiletto. Should Women Be Liberating Themselves From High Heels? Next Post Questions from The Pioneer
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