Association of Poetry in Punjabi Bhain Newspaper and Contemporary Society.

The Punjabi Bhain newspaper has for a long time been talking about the development of women and their life style through meaningful articles. An interesting part of this newspaper was the poems published in it and which attracted the reader to the newspaper and the purpose of the newspaper. On 1 st May 1907, with the efforts of Bhai Takhat Singh, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya was started from Ferozepur. Bhai Takhat Singh also worked as its editor. It is evident from the arrangement of columns in the newspaper. The newspaper Punjabi Bhain continued to be published focusing on the multi-faceted reforms of issues related to the women. The first issue of this newspaper was published by the then famous printing press, Wazir Hind Press, Amritsar.63 The Punjabi Bhain newspaper was published monthly. Punjabi Bhain used to publish poems on women's education, where many questions have been raised through poems about educational reform. From time to time newspaper also has raised awareness through poems to normalize the social status of women. In order to develop religious education in women, the paper has played a special role in promoting religious interest through poems related to the lives of Gurus and Gurpurbas. The tone of the women’s writings is forthright and positive, reflecting the determination and the will power to improve their lives. The contributors included some teachers, a number of the present and former students of the Kanaya Maha Vidyalaya, and the women who were the regular readers of the newspaper