Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Amrita Pritam

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian novelist Amrita Pritam.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Amrita Pritam was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of work comprised over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages.

Indian - Novelist | August 31, 1919 - October 31, 2005

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The burning embers within me burst into flame / My body becomes a fire-lit torch. / Ho someone! Send for the mid-wife.

Amrita Pritam

Indian men are still used to the traditional role given to women; they want intelligent girls for company but not to marry... they have yet to taste and relish the company of mature women.

Amrita Pritam