Amrita Pritam

Google doodle celebrates 100th birth anniversary of Amrita Pritam, one of India's most prolific poets

Born in the Gujranwala province of British India, Pritam published her first collection of poems at the age of 16 and went on to become the greatest Punjabi poet of the 20th century.

The many loves of Amrita Pritam — Remembering the celebrated writer on her 99th birth anniversary

Amrita Pritam is unmistakably unafraid in portraying desire as unfettered and fantasies real.

Women writers, regional literature and translation: Notes from a multilingual poets' meet

At a recent meet of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, poets reflected on the paucity of translators for regional languages and the representation of women in Indian writing | #FirstCulture

Irrfan Khan talks about playing Sahir Ludhianvi and Jurassic World

Irrfan, who recently returned to India after shooting for Jurassic World, is more excited about at least one of his upcoming Bollywood projects than his Hollywood venture.

The untold love story of Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam

Pritam may not have had eternity with Ludhianvi, but decades later, despite forgetfulness curling the edges of their history, their love story remains.

Amrita Pritam's son murdered, three held

Three people, including a woman, were arrested and a minor boy detained Thursday in connection with the murder of writer-poet Amrita Pritam's son Navraj Kwatra here last week during a robbery, police said.