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ਜਿੰਦ - Punjabi Emotional Audio Story - Harpreet Brar Sidhu

Radio Haanji Podcast

Published
May 12, 2026
Duration
16:00
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Last updated
May 13, 2026

Discusses ਜਿੰਦ — the word means soul in Punjabi. It is also the name of a woman who lost her husband at ninete…

Summary

ਜਿੰਦ — the word means soul in Punjabi. It is also the name of a woman who lost her husband at nineteen and spent the next six decades learning to take up less and less space in the world. This episode of Kitaab Kahani brings you a short story by Harpreet Brar Sidhu, narrated by Ranjodh Singh, about what happens when a person suppresses everything — every …

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ਜਿੰਦ — the word means soul in Punjabi. It is also the name of a woman who lost her husband at nineteen and spent the next six decades learning to take up less and less space in the world. This episode of Kitaab Kahani brings you a short story by Harpreet Brar Sidhu, narrated by Ranjodh Singh, about what happens when a person suppresses everything — every laugh, every tear, every desire for a new suit of clothes — for so long that the mind eventually cannot hold it anymore. The story follows Jind