Rasheedee Ticket/रसीदी टिकट & Amrita -Imroz: A Love Story by Trilok Uma (SET OF 2 BOOKS)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.<i>Raseedi Ticket</i> is Amrita Pritam's celebrated autobiography which tells us how she felt distressed at the influence of hate she was traumatised by the horrors of the Partition out of which her poem 'Vaaris Shah' was born. Her autobiography says that a writer should not be afraid of criticism no matter how hostile the world might become. The time between her intimacy with Sahir and deep friendship with Imroz is described beautifully. Reading this book is like being in a fever which takes you through every truth of the writer's life.<b></b>When I wrapped myself with your being our bodies turned inwards in contemplation Our limbs intertwined Like blossoms in a garland Like an offering at the altar of the spirit Our names slipping out of our lips Became a sacred hymn . . (from Adi Dharam by Amrita Pritam). Acclaimed as the doyenne of Punjabi literature Amrita Pritam received many awards including India's highest literary award the Jnanpith in 1981. Born in Gujranwala now in Pakistan in 1919 she came to India after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. Her best-known work is a classic poem addressed to the great eighteenth-century Sufi poet Waris Shah in which she laments the carnage of Partition and calls on him to give voice from his grave. Amrita met Imroz a well-known artist in the 1960s and they became lifelong companions. They stayed together for more than forty years till her death after a long illness in October 2005. In this moving tribute she communicates her sense of deep wonder at their unique and unconventional relationship as also her profound admiration for the creative energy of these two extraordinary individuals.