Google celebrates birth centenary of poet Amrita Pritam with special doodle

Internet giant Google on Saturday marked the 100th birth anniversary of celebrated poet and author Amrita Pritam with a special doodle tribute that had a touch of Punjabi culture.

Pritam, one of the most prominent writers and poets of the 20th century, is best remembered for her Punjabi poem ‘Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu’ (‘Ode to Warish Shah’), which poignantly captures her anguish over the massacres during the Partition in 1947.

Born on August 31, 1919 in Gujranwala (now in Pakistan) of Punjab province in undivided India, she migrated to India after the Partition.

In the doodle, the poet-author is seen wearing a traditional Punjabi salwar suit, sitting beside a bunch of roses, as she pens something in a diary.