SURJIT PATAR RELEASES JATIN’S PUNJABI POETRY BOOK ‘PHOORI’
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar Sharma
Chandigarh
Noted Panjabi poet and Chairman of
Punjab Kala Parishad, Surjit Patar released the book of Panjabi poetry by Advocate
Jatin Salwan, here today. At a function organized by Punjabi Lekhak Sabha in
association with Punjab Kala Parishad in Punjab Kala Bhawan, Surjit Patar
commended Jatin’s poetry for its simplicity yet rich vocabulary which somehow
has been lost into oblivion in Punjab. Another uniqueness of Jatin’s poetry, he
said, is its effortless expression of his deep thoughts that carries on from
the beginning till the end, and each poem punctuated with beautiful metaphors
from nature and Punjab’s culture and its rich social fabric. As the title
suggests, the word ‘Phoori’ itself has gone out of use and so has the culture
of sharing the pain and grief by the community if someone lost a near and dear
one in the family. Jatin recalled that
people used to congregate to console the family and show their solidarity with
the family in their hour of grief. The anthology of ‘ghazals’ touches the soul
as it reflects upon the pain of separation and isolation and yet reflecting the
perennial hope that life presents. Jatin, a lawyer by profession, is known in
the city for his philanthropy, plantation of thousands of trees, love for
nature and animals, and now, for his love for poetry, which he has been writing
since his young days, in Panjabi and
Hindi with extensive use of Urdu
words. “Life is a great teacher that has left indelible mark on my life and I
continued to scribble them on paper for a long time, and the collection is
vast, and it was only on the persuasion of my friends and family that this
first collection in Gurmukhi has come about,” he remarks. The event started
with 'Udeek', a short Punjabi play based on the theme from the poems written by
Jatin Salwan in his Punjabi poetry book
presented by 𝐓𝐡𝐞
𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲
of 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚
.Nisha Luthra has written & directed this short play performance to mark
the launch of the poetry book. This play beautifully captures and portrays the
narrative of mature love, romance, celebration of loss and how remembrance can
be such a joy for the one who is left behind. Balkar Sidhu, a senior Punjabi
actor, folk dancer and President, Punjabi Lekhak Sabha and artist Amy Singh
enacted the play. Prominent among those
present included, Gen V P Malik,
former Chief of Army Staff and his wife Ranjana Malik , Mr Vivek Atray, former
IAS and a noted writer, motivational
speaker, Mr Santokh Winder Singh (Nabha), President, Pb &Hy High Court Bar
Association, Mr Hardeep Chandpuri, Publisher, Ms Renee Singh, writer , poet and
life coach, Ms Lily Swarn, a poet and
writer, members of Panjab Kala Parishad and Panjabi Lekhak Sabha,
friends and family. The official trailor of Phoori by Jatin Salwan was
also released on the occasion which is directed by Film Director, Ojaswwee
Sharma, Pinaka mediaworks The event was compered by Deepak Sharma, Secretary,
Punjabi Lekhak Sabha
No comments:
Post a Comment