Imroz, famed partner of Amrita Pritam, passes away at 97
Imroz, the celebrated artist and poet, departs at 97, leaving behind a rich legacy intertwined with the timeless love story of Amrita Pritam.
Imroz, the celebrated artist and poet, departs at 97, leaving behind a rich legacy intertwined with the timeless love story of Amrita Pritam.
Taapsee seems to have a deep connection with Amrita Pritam.
Pritam's famous novel "Pinjar", written in 1950, talks about the social turmoil and the traumatic torture inflicted on women by their abductors in the wake of the Partition
Through the years, even when the concept of feminism was unknown to everyone, there have been women, young and old, trying to shatter patriarchy and fighting for women emancipation through their tales.
Widely considered the grande dame of Hindi literature, Sobti was known to write on topics like female sexuality, Partition and relationship between man and woman.
The play was inspired by a short story by novelist and poet Amrita Pritam that speaks of a dream of bitter-sweet passion of unrequited love.
"She was such a brilliant litterateur all her life. However, she seemed to have lost this love for literature few years before she died," Pritam's close associate and veteran poet Amia Kunwar said at a literary meet here.
