“I feel Leela is one of the most important poetry books of our (20th) century. It has a rare power to shake, pierce, and mesmerize you”

— Surjit Patar

Leela is a book of Punjabi poetry written by Navtej Bharati and Ajmer Rode. It was first published by Rainbird Press of Vancouver in 1999. Lila is more than 1000 pages with unique features to enhance reader’s poetic experience. Scholars have called Leela a milestone in the 20th-century Punjabi poetry.