Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu
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"Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu" is a renowned Punjabi poem by Amrita Pritam that mourns the Partition of India and invokes the 18th-century poet Waris Shah as a witness to the suffering of Punjab.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Punjabi poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addresses | Waris Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
communal violence
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destruction of cultural harmony in Punjab ⓘ women’s suffering in conflict ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Amrita Pritam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heer NERFINISHED ⓘ Waris Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Amrita Pritam’s anti-war and humanist views ⓘ |
| author | Amrita Pritam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | iconic poem of Partition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Punjabi literature ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
anguish
ⓘ
mourning ⓘ |
| firstLineMeaning | Today I call out to Waris Shah ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
lament
ⓘ
partition literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Punjabi partition poetry
ⓘ
South Asian feminist literary discourse ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Partition of India 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| invokes | Waris Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Punjabi ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | apostrophe ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | progressive writers movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Punjabi Sufi and romantic poetic tradition ⓘ |
| medium | text ⓘ |
| mentionsCharacter | Heer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
invocation of classic Punjabi poet Waris Shah
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mournful portrayal of Partition ⓘ |
| referencesWork | Heer Waris Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Gurmukhi ⓘ |
| setting | Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
appeal to conscience of poets
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suffering of Punjabi people during Partition ⓘ |
| theme |
Partition of India
NERFINISHED
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collective trauma ⓘ loss and displacement ⓘ suffering of Punjab ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1947 Partition violence in Punjab ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
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Hindi ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Amrita Pritam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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