Shiv Kumar (23 July 1936 [1][2] – 6 May 1973), [3][4] better known by his pen name Shiv Kumar Batalvi, was an Indian poet, writer and playwright of the Punjabi language. He was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony. [5]
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi was born on in a village named Bara Pind Lohtian (currently located in the Sialkot district of Punjab) in Pakistan. His initial years were spent in the rustic and magical environment in the land of five rivers- Punjab, where folk songs and music flowed freely.
Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936-1973) was a renowned Indian poet of the Punjabi language who was famous for his poetry on subjects like separation and lover's agony.
The credit for giving Punjabi lyric poetry a significant turn from aesthetic to compassionate goes to Shiv Kumar Batalvi. Longing, pain, anguish, despair, fluidity and raga-spirituality remain prominent in his songs.
Today, decades after his death, Shiv Kumar Batalvi still lives wherever someone loves too deeply. His lines are sung by legends like Jagjit Singh, Surinder Kaur, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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Shiv Kumar 'Batalvi' (Punjabi: ???? ????? ??????) was a noted Punjabi language poet, who was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony.
Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936-1973) was born (July 23rd, 1936) in a Brahmin Hindu household and grew up in a small Punjab village called "Baraa Pind Loah-teeyaan" (District Shakargarh, in present day Pakistan) in the dying days of the British Raj in India. He is one of the top five modern Punjabi poets.