BEKHAUF AWAAZ -‘FEARLESS VOICE’, Pash Amber’s debut book of poetry mirrors the times we live in.
(Asian independent)- A young fiery poet Pash Amber is the face of a questioning mind, penning poem after poem about nature, life, and its adversities, along with sensitive poetry steeped in empathy for the underprivileged and exploited. He is on a poetic odyssey, a crusade, and Bekhauf Awaaz holds messages of freedom between its pages.
In a country like ours where we share a number of religious, cultural, and political affiliations, there are bound to be ideological differences. Where there are differences there are conflicts, struggles, and obstacles leading to questions and rebellion. The struggle is necessary for change and striking a balance. Power keeps changing hands and is a fickle mistress.
Pash raises questions, and digs deep, exposing issues that the powerful and privileged bury under dark layers of corruption, away from the light of truth.
The poems flow out as if they belong there in his mouth, ingrained in his breath. His words ring in my mind long after I finish reading. He refuses to be one of the herds, who cluck tongues at injustice but never speak up. His is a fearless forceful voice that needs to be heard and heeded by the multitudes.
Bekhauf Awaaz is a treasure of astounding unflinching poems that jolt the conscience of every right-thinking person. It is my fervent hope that it awakens the youth of our country, who seem to be seeking greener pastures beyond western shores.
He feels the whole gamut of emotions dealing with social, cultural, psychological, economic, historical, and motivational aspects of human needs. At the same time, he questions politics in today’s scenario.
The stark and harsh reality of the last lines in ‘TALAASH’-‘ODYSSEY’ shook me….Look at the whole wide world, a portrait of war stares back at you.
In the poem ‘DEMOCRATIC BIRDS’, the rebel challenges the tyrants.
Birds have given up / making nests / as an offering /given up singing songs of peace/ also, given up sipping water / from the hands of tyrants.
When he speaks with tender sympathy for the grief of all mankind, he speaks of the human mix.
Among his many laments are also poems written during the historic Farmer’s Agitation.
‘ONWARDS TO THE FRONT’-Rise my countrymen/onwards to the front/for there they are/
taking over your fields//…..Your self-pride, /self-esteem/badges of honor/to what avail then?
Before the American imperialist monster / tramples your motherland/roars there,/rush to save your fields.
If our coming generations sleep through this war, our lands will become a sea of white dupattas wailing in mourning.
A few lines from the poem ‘KAFILE’-‘CARAVAN’, translate so to my mind.
Wars are kept waging/ while seasons blister with raging/ mustard flowers are still glowing/
in fields watered by eyes/where tears keep flowing.
A voice pregnant with pathos is raised against toxic patriarchy in the poem,
‘AZAAD KUDIYAN’-‘LIBERATED GIRLS’
The most liberated girls have been imprisoned in cages/…..all lively girls annihilated by patriarchy/….the bravest terrorized by the frown of the most cowardly man/……the fiery feisty ones placed before ovens smoulder inwardly.
Pash touches the lives of those belonging to villages, small towns, and sons and daughters of the soil. He touches the heart of his motherland and gives out a clarion call to free ourselves from the fetters we are shackled in.
I wish him a great future, and that his coming publications are also as outstanding and forceful as his maiden venture.
The book itself is a beauty to hold and behold. The cover is stunning and the sword-like pen is a harbinger of the contents within its pages.
I congratulate him as ‘Bekhauf Awaaz’, spreads his word, his courageous voice!
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Title of the book: ‘Bekhauf Awaaz’/ Fearless Voice
Publication: Tehreek Adara, Punjab
Topics: Social, cultural, psychological, economic,
historical, motivational, political.
Pages: 106
Price: 150 INR
Can be purchased in bulk orders of 10, 20, 50 & 100
Contact: Pash Amber 6280797236
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