Genres
Currently Punjabi writing can be split between the following genres
- Punjabi Qissa (Waris Shah)
- Traditional poetry (Surjit Paatar)
- Naxalite poetry (Paash, Amarjit Chandan)
- Lyrical poetry (Rajvinder Singh)
- Punjabi haiku (Amarjit Chandan)
- Yatharthvaad (Realism)
- Pachmi Paryatharvaad (surreal, fantasy, imaginative) Roop Dhillon
- Parvasi (émigré) Sadhu Binning
- Viang (satire) Jagjit Singh Komal
- Punjabi Murder Mystery Hardev Grewal
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