Priya rose to fame after her spoken poetry enamored thousands of young people into creating a distinction between pyaar and ishq.
The word is traditionally derived from the verbal root ʿašaq "to stick, to cleave to" and connected to the noun ʿašaqah, which denotes a kind of ivy. In its most common classical interpretation, ishq refers to the irresistible desire to obtain possession of the beloved (ma‘shuq), expressing a deficiency that the lover (‘āshiq) must remedy in order to reach perfection (kamāl).
Bringing the art of spoken poetry to young Indians, Priya's relentless quest to explain the nuances of love is an anomalie we are living for.