Paash An Anthology : India

Paash was born on the 9th of September, 1950 at Talwndi Salem,Tehsil Nakodar in the District of Jallandhar, Punjab. His real name was Avtar Singh Sandhu. At the time of his birth, his father, S.Sohan Singh Sandhu was serving in the signal core of the Indian Army. Avtar,later renamed himself-'Paash'. His mother was his best and nicest friend. Although Passh could not manage to get considerable formal higher education, yet he was a well-read poet. He was a man of letters,a self-made person and a self-respecting genius. He wrote his first poem at the age of 15 in 1967 and it was published the same year in a magazine of Jallandhar.He also opened a small school at 'Uggi' near his own village. He was peon,watchman and headmaster of the school all in one.

During Naxalite Movement,Paash was arrested under a false charge of murder,in 1970, and blind torture was perpeterated on him. His Jail poems speak volumes about this inhuman treatment. Again, on October 10, 1972, he was arrested from Nakodar alongwith a few other activists. In 1974, again, Paash was put behind the bars during the Railway Strike.
Paash married Rajinder Kaur in June 1978. On January 19, 1982, Paash became the father of a daughter whom he named 'WINKLE'. In July,1986, he reached America via England.There, he joined 'Anti-47 Front and edited this paper, for some time. In January, 1988, he returned from America to India. On March 23, 1988, he was murdered along with his friend Sh. Hans Raj beside the tube-well, where, unfortunately, he was having his last bath, in his village-farm by Militant Activists.
Paash is no longer a mere name. He has become a symbol of smouldering rebellion against the State. His poetry spits fire with a scorching glow. He gave utterance to his rebellious ideology in his poems and thoughts. He fought and wrote against the State, virtually walking shoulder to shoulder with the caravans of the struggling masses. His life-style, his thoughts and deeds can not be seen apart.
Paash opines:
"The act of living is the only thing which none else can perform in your stead."
"Life is such an experiment for which you yourself have to become the laboratory."
"Being a Marxist means applying the Marxist Theory to real life situations."

"If poetry is not written in the interest of the masses, it must be written, at least, for self-interest. He who is not sincere to himself, can never produce literature which is just and sincere to the social strata or masses.
"I believe that the tottering people can never pen down a living poem or story."
"While writing, you should be truly devoted to your inner self."

"An ideology thurst upon people by force of violence does not allow the psyche to evolve, it rather distorts the psyche. Such impluses are born of a distorted psyche only. Distorted psyches can not disseminate and evolve a healthy psyche."
" I used to gauge worriedly the continuously decreasing level of curiosity in the village youths. All this preoccupations of mine was my Poetry, Life and Work."
"At first, I fought the reactions of the surroundings at a sentimental level, which was full of mental anguish. Then I started fighting my body and mind at an intellectual level. As a first step to this fight , I shifted my residence to Jallandhar (6.9.1974)."
"Before the advent of Revolutionary Movement in Punjabi Literarure,our writers, especially the new generation, had fallan a victim to obscurity. This obscurity also formed part of life itself.
The Revolutionary Movement broke the ice and put the Rebellious Tradition in punjabi on the march."
"Politeness is foreign to me. Well, there is a lot of depth and craftmanship in my life. I am proud of my life-style."

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[drhitman29]

little bit complicate to understand...but you have learnt about the contents before making this video...i am sure

[TheIndianKafir]

@drhitman29 lol you going to get hooked once you got little exposure of Paash. i was gone nuts after reading his one book of poems.

[TheIndianPredator]

Great,.......Great....Great...­...

i must say this video is the result of a deep study and

research....Compliments.....gr­eat work....!!!...and music is just Amezing...!!!!

5-star...video...

[TheIndianKafir]

@TheIndianPredator brother Paash is a challange to this system, It was heartly desire when i can show world my heero who served motherland and died for motherland, He wrote poems made Khalistanis shiver in there Fake cholas of Sikhism, we lost Paash but his thoughts we still have to follow.

give me sometime i am preparing all videos may be shot i upload all of them, these are aroiund 100 of them lol.

[gaurav448]

superb video. gr8 work. keep it up mate. I fall short of praiseworthy words