Manjyot
Kaur
Columnists
Manjyot, formerly Laurie Bolger, is a lifelong New Yorker. She is a conservation librarian and an utterly voracious reader.
The Bridal Dress by LAURIE BOLGER
I enter a harshly-lit cubicle with a hazy mirror. I know at once it will be my chrysalis. For my metamorphosis is about to begin.
The World According To Sikhi Book Review by LAURIE BOLGER
This collection of twenty-five essays marks a milestone on the journey I.J. Singh began in his immensely popular three earlier works.
The Spirit Born People Book Review by LAURIE BOLGER
My discovery of the man popularly known as Prof Puran Singh through this book, widely considered to be his crowning literary achievement, was a mind-stretching, soul-elevating experience.
WORLDS A-PART
Paintings by The Singh Twins Reviewed by Laurie Bolger
This work brings together some of the major commisioned projects and series of paintings Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh completed since their first book, Twin Perspectives, was published in 1999.
The Music of Mardana Reviewed by LAURIE BOLGER
The penultimate weekend of the Rubin Museum's exhibition of early Sikh art, "I See No Stranger," featured "The Music of Mardana," a program that adroitly blended spellbinding storytelling with the mellifluous music of the rabab, the instrument played by the minstrel companion of Guru Nanak.
THE BIRTH OF THE KHALSA: A FEMINIST RE-MEMORY OF SIKH IDENTITY Reviewed by Laurie Bolger
In her Introduction, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Colby College, touchingly describes how she has been inspired throughout her life by her late father, the eminent Sikh scholar Harbans Singh.
The Duleep Singhs: The Photograph Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah Reviewed by Laurie Bolger
This profusely illustrated work contains over 150 photographs of Duleep Singh and his family, many of them previously unpublished.
I See No Stranger:
Early Sikh Art and Devotion Reviewed by Laurie Bolger
This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition, "I See No Stranger: Early Sikh Art and Devotion," held at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City from September 18, 2006 to January 29, 2007.