RE-FINDING MY CULTURE AND MYSELF IN TRANSLATION

Abstract

My Punjabi poems I have translated into English are from my books, titled, Bracket de Baharwaar (1994) and Angad (2008). [Bracket de Baharwaar is the winner of a prestigious award in India]. Both books are available at Apnaorg.com, electronically, hard copies at Amazon. As you can see, my first poetry book has a word ‘bracket’ in its title, that makes some people imagine me as a mathematician. Well, the title poem of that book (not included in these pages) does talk of mathematics; a socio-cultural one though.