Baraf Ch Ugge Amaltas (ਬਰਫ਼ 'ਚ ਉੱਗੇ ਅਮਲਤਾਸ)

<p>ਬਰਫ਼ 'ਚ ਉੱਗੇ ਅਮਲਤਾਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਰਵਾਸੀ ਦੇ ਸਫ਼ਰ ਦੀ ਸਾਂਝੀ ਆਤਮਕਥਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਪੰਜਾਬ 'ਚ ਜੰਮੇ ਤੇ ਪੜ੍ਹੇ ਮੁੰਡੇ ਦੇ ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ 'ਚ ਪੜ੍ਹਨ ਤੇ ਵਿਚਰਨ ਦੇ ਨਿੱਕੇ-ਨਿੱਕੇ ਪਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਵਿਤਾ ਤੇ ਵਾਰਤਕ ਦਾ ਤਾਣਾ ਬਾਣਾ ਬੁਣਦੀ-ਬੁਣਦੀ ਅਨੇਕਾਂ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਤੇ ਸਰੋਕਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਰੋਂਦੀ ਹੈ।</p><p><br></p><p>Baraf ch Ugge Amaltas is written in Punjabi (Gurmukhi).</p><p>The book follows the trail of a Punjabi boy who after enjoying his student life to the fullest in India moves to North America. Unlike a typical memoire the author brings his real-life stories through intertwined poetry and prose with a sprinkle of humor and fictional tidbits. </p><p>The first chapter <strong><em>Bimbabli</em></strong> intimately stitches his childhood imagery.</p><p>The second chapter <strong><em>Google Ton Pehlan</em></strong> (Prior to Google) reimagines how the pre-internet age led to stories that wouldn't have happened otherwise.</p><p>The third chapter <strong><em>Parvaas </em></strong>(Migration) takes the reader through various stages of a Punjabi immigrant living in the West.</p><p>The fourth chapter <strong><em>Baraf Ch Ugge Amaltas</em></strong> (Amaltas grown in the Snow) is about the children of first gen immigrants and their internal and external challenges.</p><p>Chapter five <strong><em>Kaviology</em></strong> (The science of Poetry) enumerates various colors and shades of poetry in the context of migration related themes.</p><p>Chapter six <strong><em>Greta Thunberg De Khaab</em></strong> (Dreams of Greta Thunberg) touches upon the side-effects of green revolution & economic growth on the environment back home through the eyes of a migrant.</p><p>Chapter Seven <strong><em>Tikkri Border</em></strong> is a visualization of the recent Farmers' Agitation in a dream while sitting in the foreign land.</p><p>The last chapter <strong><em>Nago Aye Nago Jaasee</em></strong> completes this journey with Covid ups & downs and metaphysical thoughts about life.</p>