Sandook

Description:

Collection of poems written after *Annjal* (2006). Also Punjabi translations of a few poems by John Berger, Ernesto Cardenal, Pablo Neruda and Yiannis Ritsos. Two short prose pieces on persons and events the poet could not write about and speech at Chhatri Brighton memorial of Punjabi soldiers who were cremated there during WW1.

People: Akram Varraich,  Alla Rakha,  Aneel Amaru Chandan,  Arieb Azhar,  Arjan Singh Tarangarh,  Baba Guru Nanak,  Baba Deep Singh,  Bansi Kaul,  Bhagat Singh Shaheed,  Bhai Gurcharan Singh and Bhai Avtar Singh Sikh kirtanias,  Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956),  Bulleh Shah,  Fatima Sikhni alias JindaaN,  Gaston Bachelard,  Ghalib,  Guru Gobind Singh,  Hafiz Khilji,  Harbhajan Singh,  Hazara Ram of village Kotfatuhi,  Hira Singh of Sheikhupur,  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831),  Helen Wegel,  Jasbir Jassi,  Johanna Ogden,  Jorge Luis Borges,  Kartar Singh Duggal,  Madan Gopal Singh,  Bhai Mani Singh,  Leela Mukherjee,  Marilyn Monroe,  Mohan Singh,  Mrityunjay Awasthi,  Navtej Sarna,  Noor Jehan,  Prem Parkash,  Samina Syed,  Sher Mohammad Murri of Balochistan,  Sohni,  Sonia Delaunay,  Surinder [Kaur] Atai Singh,  Waris Shah,  Yuri Gagarin,  Zakir Hussain tablaplayer

Places: Amritsar Darbar Sahib,  Argentina,  Astoria Oregon,  Athens,  Ayodhia,  Babri Masjid,  Barcelona,  Bawahalpur,  Berlin,  Brixton,  Chichoki MalhiaaN near Lahore,  Didim,  Eimanabad,  Fountainhouse Hospital Lahore,  Gamly By Aaarhus,  Gujrat,  Kashmir,  Likhansar,  London,  Miani Sahib Cemetry Lahore,  Nakodar,  River Brent Park London,  Sabo ki Talwandi,  Santa Barbara UCSB,  Sheikhupur,  Syracouse,  Vancouver,  Wazirabad

Times: 1913 (Ghadar party founded),  1947 (Punjab partitioned),  Indian state and Khalistani terrorirst phase 1980-1990,  1984 (anti-Sikh pogroms)