Shiv Kumar Batalvi: The poet who gave us 'Ikk Kudi', turned heartbreak into art, and wrote every line as if he were bleeding

Shiv Kumar Batalvi transformed heartbreak into haunting poetry. From Ikk Kudi to Loona, he wrote of love, loss and longing ...
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Honey Trehan begins scripting Punjabi poet-writer Shiv Kumar Batalvi's biopic

Even as the release of Panjab ’95, the biopic on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, remains uncertain, Honey Trehan has found another story in the same state. The director has begun scripting ...
Indiatimes

Batalvi lives in verse, but not in memorials

Chandigarh: "Eh mera geet, kise na gana. Eh mera geet, main aape gaake, bhalke mar jana (This song of mine, no one will sing it. This song of mine, I will sing it myself, and by tomorrow, I shall be ...
Hindustan Times

Roundabout | Days when poet was a hero and poetry the gospel truth

Our Chandigarh had its share of poets and there had been lyrical poets of the fame of Shiv Kumar Batalvi writing in Punjabi and Prem Warbortoni penning ghazals in Urdu with aplomb, calling out to his ...
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Book Extract | The Blue Potter: The Creative Genius of Punjab

I first met Shiv Kumar Batalvi at Amritaji’s Patel Nagar house. Authors used to meet frequently at Amritaji’s house. I had previously read a couple of poems by him, but had never met him. The meeting ...