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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Sahir Ludhianvi, Kavi Pradeep, Kaifi Azmi, Vaali, Gulzar, Gireesh Puthenchery, Vishal Bhardwaj, Javed Akhtar, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Amit Trivedi, Kusumagraj, Vairamuthu, Silambarasan Rajendar, Gopaldas Neeraj, Kamaal Rashid Khan, Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Aarudhra, Prasoon Joshi, P. Adinarayana Rao, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Aathreya, Rahat Indori, Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy, Suddala Ashok Teja, C. Narayanareddy, Qamar Jalalabadi, Hari Om Sharan, Piyush Mishra, Aghajani Kashmeri, Nida Fazli, Ali Sardar Jafri, Srirangam Srinivasarao, Swanand Kirkire, Rajashri, Rayaprolu Subba Rao, Anjaan, Sameer, Kannadasan, Chandrabose, Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar', Harbans Jandu, Pingali Nagendrarao, Sarim Momin, Jaideep Sahni, Ande Sri, Thamarai, Shailendra, P. Vijay, Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, Na. Muthukumar, Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, Irshad Kamil, Snehan, Sirivennala Seetha Rama Sastry, S. H. Bihari, Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, Rajanikanta Sen, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Varikuppala Yadagiri Goud, Kaif Bhopali, Nazim Panipati, Anantha Sreeram, Bharat Vyas, Sudarshan Faakir, Verma Malik, Nilkanth Tiwari, Ashok Mishra, Saeed quadri, Desapati Srinivas. Excerpt: Shiv Kumar 'Batalvi' (Punjabi: ) (1936-1973) 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 He became the youngest recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, given by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), for his epic verse play based on the ancient legend of Puran Bhagat, Loona (1965), now considered a masterpiece in modern Punjabi literature, and which also created a new genre, of modern Punjabi kissa. Today, his poetry stands in equal footing, amongst that by stalwarts of modern Punjabi poetry, like Mohan Singh an...
