Baraf Ch Ugge Amaltas (ਬਰਫ਼ 'ਚ ਉੱਗੇ ਅਮਲਤਾਸ)

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵੱਲੋਂ 2025 ਲਈ ਭਾਈ ਵੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਲਈ ਚੁਣੀ ਸਰਵੋਤਮ ਪੁਸਤਕ (</strong>https://Bimbabli.wordpress.com)</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>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।</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Baraf ch Ugge Amaltas is written in Punjabi (Gurmukhi). </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>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. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The first chapter </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Bimbabli</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> intimately stitches his childhood imagery.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The second chapter </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Google Ton Pehlan</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (Prior to Google) reimagines how the pre-internet age led to stories that wouldn't have happened otherwise.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The third chapter </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Parvaas </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>(Migration) takes the reader through various stages of a Punjabi immigrant living in the West.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The fourth chapter </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Baraf Ch Ugge Amaltas</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (Amaltas grown in the Snow) is about the children of first gen immigrants and their internal and external challenges.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter five </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Kaviology</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (The science of Poetry) enumerates various colors and shades of poetry in the context of migration related themes.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter six </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Greta Thunberg De Khaab</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (Dreams of Greta Thunberg) touches upon the side-effects of green revolution & economic growth on the environment through the eyes of a migrant.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter Seven </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Tikkri Border</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a visualization of the recent Farmers' Agitation in a dream while sitting in the foreign land.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The last chapter </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Nago Aye Nago Jaasee</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> completes this journey with Covid ups & downs and metaphysical thoughts about life.</span></p>