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He left college without completing his bachelor's degree, lived a bohemian life and literally burned himself out by writing most of his best poetry in a phenomenal creative outburst of less than ten years. College Qadian, writing poetry had become his all consuming passion. By the time he reached the final year of BA at S.N. After partition, Shiv's family migrated to Batala.

Shiv was born in Bara Pind Lodhian, tehsil Shakargarh, district Narowal (which is now part of Pakistani Punjab) on July 23, 1936. Where many enjoy the dazzling renderings of his poems by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( Maaen ni maaen mere geetan de nainaan wich birhon di riRk pave ), Jagjeet ( Main ek shikra yaar banaya ), Surinder Kaur ( Ni ek meri akh kasni ) and others, without realizing that they are listening to the poetry of perhaps one of the greatest modern poets of the subcontinent. Ironically, he is still an unknown entity in the country of his birth - Pakistan. He is now, rightfully, the first and only modern Punjabi poet who receives the same level of reverence and adulation from the singers and listeners of Punjabi poetry that so far has been reserved for the great Sufis. The unparalleled emotional intensity of his lyrics soon made them a popular choice for dozens of aspiring, as well as, well-established Punjabi singers. During his brief lifetime, he mesmerized packed halls of audiences in kavi darbars by singing his poems in a tender and agonizing high-pitched tone. Shiv Kumar Batalvi's poetry gained immense popularity in the same old-fashioned way. Whether it is Baba Nanak's saintly verses, Bulleh Shah and Shah Hussain's kafis, Sultan Bahu's baits, Waris Shah's Heer or Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, Khwaja Farid and Sachal Sarmast's enchanting poems - the depth and meanings of their poetry are primarily experienced through the powerful feelings brought to life by a master singer. Punjabis relate to their poetry primarily through singing. While Baba Farid (1173-1266) wrote most of his Punjabi poetry in the melodious two-line metre of dohras, many major Punjabi poets that followed him explicitly set the lyrics of their poetry in well-defined ragas of classical Indian music. Lyrical sweetness - the magic touchstone of poetry - found a permanent home in Punjabi poetry more than a millennium ago. Shiv Kumar died in the 36th year of his life on in his father-in-law-s house at Kir Mangyal near Pathankot. There were complaints about his drinking and some suggestions that his -friends- had him drink so he would exhibit his outrageous self. There wasn-t a sound when he finished either.

This is when he began to read -Ek kuri jeeda naam mohabbat. By the time he-d finished with his diatribe, there was not a sound in the hall. After a few people had read their work (one of whom was Meena Kumari), Shiv got on the stage and began вЂњAlmost everyone today has begun to consider themselves a poet, each and every person off the streets is writing ghazalsвЂќ. Part of the conference involved readings at Shanmukhananda hall.

In keeping with Shiv-s outrageous behaviour there is a story about his trip to Bombay as well. In the early 70-s Shiv came to Bombay for a literary conference. Meanwhile his epilepsy got worse and he had a serious attack while at a store in Chandigarh-s section 22.

Chandigarh brought him fame, but scathing criticism as well, Shiv replied with an article titled -My hostile critics. By 1968 he had moved to Chandigarh, but both Batala and Chandigarh became soulless in his eyes.

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