This poem was written and sung by me on the first birthday of my first grandchild. The poem is from the point of view of a child asking Mommy to speak…
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Punjabi Poetry
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Victor Hugo once wrote, “No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.” In the 21st Century however, it appears there are more than one idea whose time…
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Punjabi Poetry
Free Audio Download: “Phir Utthi Aakhir Sda” Performed at the Kavi Darbar of the 542nd Guru Nanak Prakaash Utsav in Caruthers, California
Many of you have been asking me for an audio download of the poem I sang at the Kavi Darbar of the 542nd Guru Nanak Prakaash Utsav in Caruthers, California celebrating…
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This year for Father’s Day, I received a very nice joint gift. My daughter, Navreet Kaur Dhillon, is a physician in the Bay Area, and also a very talented artist. My…
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There are, of course, many poets in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, and English who I have read and been influenced by in some way over the years, but these eleven poets are…
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One of the questions I am often asked about is something that confuses many people: what are the various terms in Punjabi poetry? People have this misconception that Punjabi poetry is…
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Free Audio Download of me singing “Heer: Ranjha Leaves Takht Hazara” (a-capella) “Heer forever stands Tall” is something I, and I’m sure many Punjabis take for granted. That Waris Shah’s tragic…
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I completed the final version of the poem ‘Dheeaan’ not long ago when the news of infanticide started to get worse in India, especially in Punjab and Haryana. It seemed that…
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On October 6, 2010, Pratibha Patil, the president of India, visited my old stomping grounds of Khalsa College, Amritsar, to preside over the ‘Nanhi Chhaan’ campaign to “save the girl child,”…
