A one-day national seminar commemorating the great legacy of Punjabi poet and Padma Shri awardee Surjit Patar was held at Punjabi Bhawan. A one-day national seminar commemorating the great legacy of Punjabi poet and Padma Shri awardee Surjit Patar was held at Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana. The event was held in two sessions where in the beginning of the first one, …
The celebrated poet, who passed away at 79, explored the region’s cultural richness and pluralism, giving voice to its struggles and aspirations. As I think of Surjit Patar, this following verse, which I had first heard on radio during my college days, reverberates in my mind: Je ayi pathjhar taa fer ki hai tu agli rutt ch yakeen rakhin, main …
