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 ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addresses Waris Shah ⓘ
addressesTopic communal violence ⓘ
destruction of cultural harmony in Punjab ⓘ
women’s suffering in conflict ⓘ
associatedFigure Amrita Pritam ⓘ
Heer ⓘ
Waris Shah ⓘ
associatedWith Amrita Pritam’s anti-war and humanist views ⓘ
author Amrita Pritam ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
invokes Waris Shah ⓘ
language Punjabi ⓘ
literaryDevice apostrophe ⓘ
literaryMovement progressive writers movement ⓘ
literaryTradition Punjabi Sufi and romantic poetic tradition ⓘ
medium text ⓘ
mentionsCharacter Heer ⓘ
notableFor invocation of classic Punjabi poet Waris Shah ⓘ
mournful portrayal of Partition ⓘ
referencesWork Heer Waris Shah ⓘ
linked to: Waris Shah
regionOfOrigin Punjab ⓘ
script Gurmukhi ⓘ
setting Punjab ⓘ
subject appeal to conscience of poets ⓘ
suffering of Punjabi people during Partition ⓘ
theme Partition of India ⓘ
collective trauma ⓘ
loss and displacement ⓘ
suffering of Punjab ⓘ
violence against women ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1947 Partition violence in Punjab ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
writtenBy Amrita Pritam ⓘ

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Amrita Pritam → notableWork → Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu ⓘ