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Based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA, Sarbpreet is a poet and writer, commentator, playwright and an executive in the technology industry. He is the author of "Kultar's Mime," an epic poem on the 1984 pogroms.

The Nature of My Master SARBPREET SINGH

Vignettes from his fascinating life reveal much about his nature ...

Bhai Amrik Singh Zakhmi:
The Raagi with the Golden Voice SARBPREET SINGH

On November 10, 2013, the world of Gurmat Sangeet said farewell to one of its favorite sons.

Chasing the Dragon:
The Diaspora Diaries, Vol 5 SARBPREET SINGH

Most of the early Sikh settlers who arrived in the US and Canada came from Shanghai or Hong Kong.

Songs of Blood:
Khoon ke Sohele SARBPREET SINGH

Every time we Sikhs rise in prayer, whether it be a joyous occasion or solemn, we pay homage to the innocent Sikhs of 1984.

Surat
December 1992 SARBPREET SINGH

"The silent streets / Unmetalled with / Compassion / Strewn with jagged / Broken pieces of / Hatred ..." 

A Tale of Two Cities:
Carnage in Kishinev, Butchery in Delhi SARBPREET SINGH

"It is the tongue of every ghost / Of every maid and every crone / Of every mother and every child ..."

SMEARS OF SAFFRON:
Another 'Ode' to Indian Nationalism SARBPREET SINGH

"Naked you stand in the harsh light / Avarice, hatred your eyes reveal ..."

Oedipus:
An 'Ode' to Indian Nationalism SARBPREET SINGH

I have washed the shame / Of a million frenzied couplings / Off your body and your clothes ...

Dilli Darshan:
The Killing Fields of Delhi SARBPREET SINGH

"Veer, I say / That is not your Dilli / Or mine ..."

The Boys of Boparai:
The Diaspora Diaries # 4 SARBPREET SINGH

From Panama, the three young men started walking northwards to Mexico.