| Description | Narrative stories, plays, and poems, predominantly in Punjabi, written by members of the Indian Workers Association and other writers. Most of this work is handwritten, but there is also a small amount of printed writing. The material is largely undated, but it is likely that most papers date from the 1960s and 1970s.
Brief English summaries are provided.
/1 part of a Punjabi satire written by Santokh Singh Santokh, a Punjabi writer based in England
/2 poem written by Harkewal Singh Kewal
/3 poem written by Santokh Singh Santokh
/4 story written by Acchar Singh Kharlveer of Coventry
/5 poem written by Santokh Dhaliwal
/6 poem written by Avtar Sadiq, 6 September 1967
/7 unidentified story
/8 story written by Sohan Singh Kanwal
/9 printed article in the form of a letter from a mother to her newborn baby daughter published in the Punjabi magazine 'Samvad', originally published in another Punjabi magazine 'Inqulabi Jantak Leeh'. The article is a criticism of the customs and traditions imposed on women by a male dominated society
/10-/11 printed article by Dr Ashok Kumar Jain published in the Punjabi monthly 'Pardesan', March 1986. It challenges the concept of God and the qualities attributed to Him.
/12-/13 part of a one act play written by T. S. Tara
/14 part of an unidentified story
/15 booklet written by Mohinder Kaur Sandhu for learners of the Punjabi language
/16 English translation of a poem entitled 'Destination (Delhi) is not far' |