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Dreams of Hope: A Bedtime Lullaby A Book Review by MEETA KAUR
There have been a few select books that help the children wind down from their long days of school and play and ease into a peaceful night of deep rest. This one of them.
Umrao Singh Sher-Gil:
His Misery and His Manuscript
A Book Review by B.N. GOSWAMY
The hundreds of photographs he took form an extraordinary record of the life-world of a Sikh-European family, and are a valuable document in the archives of modernity.
New Coffee-Table Book on The Darbar Sahib A Book Review by SHYAM BHATIA
It incorporates a comprehensive account of the photographic and visual history of the complex, including the earliest known image from an 1825 miniature.
The Sikh Review: 60 Years of Yeoman Service by GURMEET KAUR
The Sikh Review was conceived by an extraordinary group of gursikhs in a post World War II study circle which drew inspiration from writer, editor and publisher, Raghbir Singh Bir.
Meet The Prime Minister's Biographer: Daman Singh An Interview by VANDANA SHUKLA
I see the book as a personal memoir of my parents. Though I do plan to cover their experience of public life, without launching off into a separate discussion on political affairs.
My Best Reads of 2011
Part II
by AJIT SINGH
The balance of his remarkable annual list of book recommendations - a timely offering for the holiday and gift-giving season.
My Best Reads of 2011
Part I
by AJIT SINGH
Here are Ajit's favorites, alongwith his meticulous and exquisite reviews ... a list of eleven excellent books to assist you in your holiday reading and gift-giving!
Engaging With Life:
Amandeep Singh Sandhu
An Interview by ROSALIA SCALIA
Tears really have no grammar, rage has no syntax. A heart weeps, it pours out on pages. The only method for me is to lay out my feeling and thoughts on paper, make them external to me and then play with them.
The (Great) Translator:
Amarjit Singh Chandan
by NONIKA SINGH
Not only does he choose words carefully for his own poetry, retaining the authenticity and purity of Punjabi, but even while translating, he goes an extra mile to capture the original flavour.
The Sikhs In Britain A Book Review by RAVINDER SINGH
Sikhs have never “adopted a strategy of lying low, even in the face of negative reactions from their peers. Rather, they have built on this and turned it into one of their strengths ..."