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Exclusive | World poetry day: Gulzar says, In the times of AI, it is poetry…

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cinema
Updated on Mar 22, 2026 02:29 am IST

In her own write: A Women’s Day Wknd tribute to Amrita Pritam

PREMIUM
Pritam was only 28 when she wrote her most famous poem, Aaj aakhan Waris Shah nu. (HT Archives)
art culture
Updated on Mar 01, 2026 08:59 am IST

Sahir Ludhianvi's journey, iconic songs brought alive in theatrical tribute

Rupali Chandra, Sudharshan Mani, Aftab Alam and Chandra Shekhar Varma in role of Amrita Pritam, Sahir Ludhianvi, Javed Akhtar and narrator during the play Sahir: Har Ik Pal Ka Shayar staged at UP Sangeet Natak Academy in Lucknow
lucknow news
Updated on Jan 18, 2026 05:32 pm IST

World Hindi Day | Poet Nayab Midha: The day I wrote in Hindi, the world changed

Poetess Nayab Midha poses for HT City for an exclusive shoot at Baansera Park.
htcity delhi junction
Published on Jan 10, 2026 01:41 pm IST

Traversing through the myth and reality of Heera Mandi

The Heerayanis bite buttered bread as though in a dream.
chandigarh news
Updated on May 19, 2024 07:10 am IST

Roundabout: When literature becomes balm for women who love too much

Amrita Pritam Punjabi (HT File)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jan 14, 2024 07:46 am IST

Amrita Pritam’s partner Imroz passes away at 97

Artist Imroz, who was writer Amrita Pritam’s partner, passed away in Mumbai on Friday. (HT file photo)
chandigarh news
Published on Dec 22, 2023 03:37 pm IST

Essay: Revisiting Pinjar in time for Amrita Pritam’s 104th birth anniversary

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Author Amrita Pritam (HT Photo)
books
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 10:03 pm IST

Roundabout: I will meet you yet again!

A painting of Amrita Pritam and the silhouette of painter Imroz in the background: An image from the film ‘Imroz’ by Harjit Singh (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jul 30, 2023 03:13 pm IST

Roundabout: Love beneath the gentle shade of the chameli

Poet and anthologist Abhay K.
chandigarh news
Updated on Nov 22, 2020 12:25 am IST

Amrita Pritam 101st birth anniversary: Quotes on love, pain and partition by the 20th-century Punjabi poet

Quotes on love, pain and partition by Amrita Pritam
lifestyle
Updated on Aug 31, 2020 06:54 am IST

On Sahir Ludhianvi’s 99th birth anniversary, here’s a list of some of his most loved songs

Sahir Ludhianvi was among the most celebrated poet-lyricist to have worked in Bollywood.
bollywood
Updated on Mar 08, 2020 02:18 pm IST

90TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: The legend of Surinder Kaur lives on

HT Image
chandigarh news
Updated on Nov 25, 2019 01:14 am IST

Amrita Pritam had prophesied her heir to be a writer of next generation

Amrita Pritam had prophesied her heir to be a writer of next generation.
books
Updated on Oct 31, 2019 05:01 pm IST

The legend of Amrita Pritam lives on through her poems and stories

On Amrita Pritam’s 100th birth anniversary, here are some of her poems and quotes that will move you, yet inspire you
art culture
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 01:27 pm IST

Google Doodle celebrates Amrita Pritam’s 100th birth anniversary

Not only did the Punjabi poetess wrote more than 100 books, both on poetry and fiction, she went on to become the first woman to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956.
india news
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 04:53 am IST

‘A pioneer, Amrita Pritam paved way to modern day feminism’

chandigarh news
Updated on Aug 30, 2019 10:46 pm IST

Essay: Demolishing the women’s ghetto

Kamala Das reading from her work on 19 July, 1990.
books
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:07 pm IST

Words of Wisdom: Find your calling, stay curious and live with passion to do justice, says historian Jagtar Singh Grewal

Historian Jagtar Singh Grewal
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 26, 2019 10:31 pm IST

Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan spotted hand in hand with daughter Aaradhya. See pic

Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya at Mumbai airport on Thursday.
bollywood
Updated on Apr 18, 2019 02:10 pm IST

Aishwarya Rai’s rep responds to rumours of actor’s pregnancy after pic from Goa holiday goes viral

Actor Abhishek Bachchan and his wife and actor Aishwarya Rai and their daughter Aaradhya.
bollywood
Updated on Mar 24, 2019 04:58 pm IST

Sahir Ludhianvi-Amrita Pritam love story: One that played out through letters, silences and pain

Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam love story is one that deserves an epic narration on the big screen.
music
Updated on Mar 08, 2019 05:37 pm IST

Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan to star in Sahir Ludhianvi biopic?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with husband-actor Abhishek Bachchan.
bollywood
Updated on Mar 04, 2019 04:15 pm IST

Elgar Parishad case: Bail hearings of accused to be heard in Pune court on November 13-14

The bail plea application of Surendra Gadling will be heard on November 13.
pune news
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 04:39 pm IST

Roundabout: Legend of Sahir Ludhianvi, lore of Pyaasa

A rare photograph of Sahir Ludhianvi from the Sajjad Zaheer estate.
others
Updated on Oct 28, 2018 08:59 am IST

‘See you again’: Kasauli lit fest draws to a close on a poetic note

Actress Divya Dutta on the last day of the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Kasauli on Sunday.
india news
Updated on Oct 15, 2018 05:21 pm IST

‘I couldn’t keep her request but that didn’t soured our relations’

Amrita Pritam was an Indian writer and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi .
india news
Updated on Aug 31, 2018 09:28 am IST

Remembering Amrita Pritam on the poet’s 99th birth anniversary

‘Pinjar’ (The Cage, written in 1950) was Amrita Pritam’s most famous novel. It was adapted into a movie in 2003.
books
Updated on Aug 31, 2018 08:55 am IST

Remembering Amrita Pritam, lines from her best poems on her 99th birth anniversary

Poet Amrita Pritam was born on August 31, 1919.
books
Updated on Aug 31, 2018 08:53 am IST

A translation of Krishan Chander’s Ghaddaar that is timely, moving, vital

Wrecked buildings after communal riots in Amritsar, Punjab, in March 1947.
books
Updated on Aug 25, 2018 09:36 am IST
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