We trace four legendary Punjabi romances to show how love collides with honour, caste, and control, and how songs keep grief alive across borders. Instead of selling fantasy, we read the system that turns desire into danger and memory into resistance.
• Why folklore carries culture, norms and taboo
• Music as the archive that crosses borders
• Mirza–Saihba re-read through honour and blame
• Sohni–Mahiwal and the terror of nightly crossings
• Sassi–Punnun choosing belonging over bloodline
• Heer–Ranjha, renunciation, and the cost to women
• Diaspora meaning-making and reframing tragedy
• Why we still sing denied love and what it reveals
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