[2] His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics.

He then joined the academic profession and retired as Professor of Punjabi from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.

[4] Patar translated into Punjabi the three tragedies of Federico García Lorca, the play Nagmandala of Girish Karnad,[7] and poems of Bertolt Brecht and Pablo Neruda.

[8][9] He wrote television scripts on Punjabi poets from Sheikh Farid to Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

[13][14] Among Patar's works are "Candles",[15] "Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varanmala",[16] "Aiya Nand Kishore",[3] "Hanera Jarega Kiven", "Fasla", and "Koi Daalia Cho Langeya Hawa Bann Ke".