The second and fourth covers are Amrita Pritam books; namely “Aakhri Khat” and “Naagmani”. Amrita Pritam is one of the most prolific Punjabi poets till date, and a lot of her work revolves around the partition of the subcontinent (she used to live in what is now Lahore, and crossed the border during Independence), and feminism; like many authors in India in the years right after independence, she wrote in a very distinct romantic-progressivist style, and was beloved on both sides of the border. 

“Stop thinking about saving your fragile face. Tell us your particularized world. Make up a story. Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created. We will not blame you if your reach exceeds your grasp. We will not blame you if your words go down in flames and nothing is left but the raw-scald. We will not blame you if, with the reticence of a surgeon’s hands, your words suture only the red places where blood might flow. We will not blame you because we know you can never do it properly: once and for all. Passion is never enough. Talent is never enough. Skill is never enough. But try. For our sake and yours. So. Forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul. You, so blessed with occasional blindness, can speak the language that tells us what only language can: how to see without pictures. We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”

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hey all. multiply disabled queer unfamilied Filipino experiencing ongoing neuro psych issues post meningitis and unable to cook for self in need of meal fund support. making this to circulate as an ongoing post because the occasional and only help I’m receiving to eat thru community isn’t enough to meet my needs. no goal atm but as always will switch rbs off when need met. donate if white waged and able ~

hey all. multiply disabled queer unfamilied Filipino experiencing ongoing neuro psych issues post meningitis and unable to cook for self in need of meal fund support. making this to circulate as an ongoing post because the occasional and only help I’m receiving to eat thru community isn’t enough to meet my needs. no goal atm but as always will switch rbs off when need met. donate if white waged and able ~

hey all. multiply disabled queer unfamilied Filipino experiencing ongoing neuro psych issues post meningitis and unable to cook for self in need of meal fund support. making this to circulate as an ongoing post because the occasional and only help I’m receiving to eat thru community isn’t enough to meet my needs. no goal atm but as always will switch rbs off when need met. donate if white waged and able ~