Eruption and manifestation of love amid the cycle of Hatred: Amrita Pritam`s The Revenue Stamp

Abstract

The study of love has been invariably a multifarious subject to tackle with due to its interesting interpretations and inferences. Over the ages all the philosophers in all times have tried to interpret the theme of love according to their own ways like as shared love, impossible love, lost love, platonic love, spiritual love, unrequited love etc. in philosophical discussion love has logically a “Nature” a proposition that some may oppose arguing that it is conceptually irrational in the sense that it cannot be described in rational or meaningful proposition. For some critics who are presenting a metaphysical and epistemological argument, love may be an ejection of emotions that defy rational examination. In Greek it has references from Eros, Philia and Agape.

Love’s impact on our society and literature is profound. Love is that emotion which is easy to feel but impossible to accept before the society. Amrita Pritam, renowned Punjabi writer, migrated to India from Lahore after the partition of India Pakistan in the year 1947, discussed outburst and exhibition of the emotion of love courageously instead of all social and ethical pressure of contemporary society, colleagues and relatives. Such a courageous woman who did not only express and confess what she felt but also shielded her emotions from all that existing hatred of society.