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The objective of this research paper is to make the readers understand the thematic concerns and artistic styles of Pash’s (Avtar Singh Sandhu) poetry. Every society has it rules and conventions which are somehow against the people of that society . Pash through his poetry tried to expose the ideological apparatuses existing in that era which according to him made the life of common people more miserable. This paper deals with the different aspects of Pash’s poetry that how he become the voice of voiceless and destitute people by using the vocabulary like over-excited (bhawantry hoi), pool (chhapar),fingertips (pote) used by common people. Following Marxism he raised his voiceagainst inequality and dedicated his life to his art moving ahead from the pre-established structures prevalent in that period to awake the sleeping conscience of the people. Adding to this he used various literary devices like imagery, satire, figurative expression and symbols in the form of metaphors to make his artistic style more effective so that he can attack on the evils of dominating ruling class of that period.