Eminent Punjabi poet and ghazal writer Dr Jagtar passed away. He was 75. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Although he had not been in good health for the past many months, but was quite till for the past couple of weeks. On Tuesday, March 31, he was rushed to a nearby private hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Dr Jagtar was widely credited for being a stickler for meter and rhyme in his compositions, thereby imparting an old-word charm to them. He was conferred the Sahit Akademi Award in 1995 for his book “Jugnu Diva te Dariya”.
Other than this, his celebrated and critically acclaimed books on poetry include “Sheeshe da Jungle”, “Lahu de Naqsh”, “Dukh Pathri”, “Tilkhiyan Ranginian”, “Ruttan Rangliyan”, “Janjriyan vich ghiriya Samundar”, “Chunakri Sham” and “Mom de Log”.
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I am his Grandduaghter Asawari Sandha.....
ReplyDeleteVery sad at his sudden demise......hope he is well up there.....RIP Nana jaan