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Storms never get defeated - Punjabi's famous poet Avtar Singh 'Paash' was not just a poet, he was the pen-hero of his era, who not only changed the voice and face of poetry, but also gave a new perspective to assess the challenges and struggles of his time. His martyrdom proved that in the struggle for broad human values, cultural workers are also warriors like political workers. And this book edited on him, 'Tufaan kabhi maat nahin khaatein', strongly confirms this. The book not only contains many poems selected from various collections of Paash, but also includes important articles related to his life and poems by those who knew him closely - Atar Singh, Amarjit Chandan and Chamanlal. Along with this, there is also a small but concise note on the Punjab visit of critic Kamala Prasad, from which the readers will be able to know how the ground for the awakening of the dream left behind by a poet like Paash is being prepared in Punjab today and what all is related to this preparation. Here you will also know that the patriotism, bravery and sacrifice shown by the communists in Punjab is memorable in the history of modern India, so why? Apart from these special materials, this book is not only made special but also collectible by the articles of Shriprakash Mishra on the famous artist Gramsci and L.S. Hardenia on the great black leader Nelson Mandela; stories of Urdu story writer Zaki Anwar, Bengali writer Samaresh Basu, story writer Swayam Prakash, Narendra Nagdev who were martyred on the altar of communalism; poems of Rituraj and Hindi's leading progressive poet Vijendra and Rajaram Bhadu's article on them; critic Bhrigunandan Tripathi's pithy assessment on Shrikant Verma's much discussed poetry collection Magadha. Needless to say that today when the dictatorship of fascists is at its peak in the whole world, the importance of this book prepared by keeping Pash's special works at the center increases considerably. That too not just for reading, but also to understand one's times and face all the challenges.