It was based on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.[20] During this period he contributed to the daily newspaper Musawat, (Equality) and Ehsan (Kindness), both published from Amritsar.[20] He also edited and translated Russian and French stories for the journals Alamgir and Humayun.[21][22] On Bari’s encouragement these Russian stories were then published in Lahore under the title, Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories).