Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9 of the Zabaan-e-aam podcast. Dr. Jagtar Singh (1935-2010) was a writer, critic, translator and lecturer. He was a Punjabi poet who wrote 32 books. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995 for his book “Jugnu Deeva te Dariya” the only Punjabi book of ghazals to be awarded so far. This information is from Ludhiana Times 2002. He has translated Pakistani’s author Abdulla Hassan’s popular Urdu work “Raat” into Punjabi and also Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s work “Raat di Raaz”. He stayed in Pakistan to do his research on modern Punjabi poetry in Pakistan from 1947 to 1972. He compiled a dictionary of difficult works from Baba Farid and other Sufi poets as part of his Fellowship work for three years. He has translated 200 words and idioms including Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit from Kissas. Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020329/ldh2.htm The poem ਕੋਈ ਮਜਬੂਰੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਜੇ ਦਿਲ ਕਰੇ ਤਾਂ ਖ਼ਤ ਲਿਖੀਂ has been taken from https://www.punjabi-kavita.com/PunjabiPoetryDrJagtar.php#Jagtar12 ⁠If you would like to support our podcast, please click on the links below: Buy Me a Coffee: ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zabaaneaam ⁠Instamojo: ⁠https://knottymusings.in/product/4682733/buy-me-a-coffee-47842 Follow us on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/zabaan_e_aam⁠ Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for exciting stories and poems.