Shiv Kumar Batalvi\'s interview and immortal Ghazal presented by Balwant Guruany.wmv

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Balwant Gurunay: This is a unique presentation in terms that you shall first see an interview of the heartthrob of millions, the immortal poet of punjab, shiv kumar batalvi by mr mahendra kaul, who interviewed shiv in london, england at the bbc studios and then listen to his ghazal \'dass ni sharaab diye botley kaminiye\' sung by ustad ghulam ali. .the interview has been edited and crisped by me in service of my viewers and lovers of immortal shiv. shiv was born on 23 july 1936 at village bara pind of shakargarh district, now in punjab province of pakistan. a world famous punjabi poet, he came to be known as \'birhon daa sultan\', meaning the \'emperor of pain and pathos\'. in 1967 he was awarded the sahitya akademi award. he is the youngest recipient of the sahitya akademi award, (india\'s national academy of letters), for his epic verse play \'loona\'. his father, pandit krishan gopal was a tehsildar in the revenue department. their family moved to batala in gurdaspur district after partition of india. when young, he fell in love with the daughter of the noted punjabi writer gurbaksh singh preetlari. she was married off to a uk citizen because of caste differences between the two. he remained unlucky in love and many scholars believe that this loss reflected intensely in his poetry. i am of the opinion that it was his over sensitive and poetic nature, and a harsh and insensitive father, and not just his lost lady love, which turned him in to a poet and that too an immortal poet. he started ...