Art integrated project

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-K.C.Prusty
A special Note -
• I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to our school
management as well as to our teacher Prusty sir who gave us a golden chance
to do this wonderful project on the topic “Writers of Punjab” which also helped
us in doing a lot of research and we came to know about many new things. We
are really thankful to them. Secondly, we would like to thank our parents who
helped us in finishing the project not only for marks but also increasing our
knowledge. We are thankful to each other for cooperation.

Once again, thanks to all.

Topic- writer’s of Punjab .
 Content:
• Introduction
• Biography of ancient writer’s of Punjab:-
•~ Vir Singh
•~ Amrita Pritam
•~ Harjinder singh dilgeer
•~ Dalbir Singh jhand
•~ karnail Singh somar
• Conclusion
Introduction:
Punjab has one of the oldest and richest cultures of the world. Its diversity and
uniqueness is evident in the Punjabi poetry, philosophy, spirituality, education,
artistry, music, cuisine, science, technology, military warfare, architecture, traditions,
values and history.
Unique, colourful and extravagant, these are the attributes of the heartland of
India, Punjab. Popular and distinguished across the globe, the culture of Punjab is
indeed overwhelming.
Vir Singh
• Bhai Vir Singh (5 December 1872 – 10 June 1957) was an Indian poet, scholar,
and theologian of the Sikh revival movement, playing an important part in the
renewal of Punjabi literary tradition. Singh’s contributions were so important
and influential that he became canonized as Bhai, an honorific often given to
those who could be considered a saint of the Sikh faith.
• His identification with all the important concerns of modern Sikhism was so
complete that he came to be canonized as Bhai, the Brother of the Sikh Order,
very early in his career. For his pioneering work in its several different genres,
he is acknowledged as the creator of modern Punjabi literature.Born on 5
December 1872, in Amritsar, Bhai Vir Singh was the eldest of Dr Charan
Singh’s three sons. The family traces its ancestry back to Diwan Kaura Mall
Arora (d. 1752), who rose to the position of vice-governor of Multan, under
Nawab Mir Mu’ln ul-Mulk, With the title of Maharaja Bahadur. Bhai Vir Singh
was married at the age of 17 to Chatar Kaur, daughter of Sardar Narain Singh
of Amritsar.
A literary heritage

• To this patrimony of Bhai Vir Singh was added from his mother’s side a living kinship with another rich
tradition of scholarship in exegesis of the Ckiani school, going back to the times of Guru Gobind Singh.
His maternal grandfather Giani Hazara Singh compiled a lexicon of Guru Granth Sahib, and wrote a
commentary on Bhai Gurdas Varan.
• As a schoolboy, Bhai Vir Singh used to spend a great deal of his time in the company of Giani Hazara
Singh under whose guidance he not only learned the classical and neo-classical languages; Sanskrit, Persian
and Braj, but also received grounding, both theoretical and practical, in the science of Sikh exegesi.Bhai
Vir Singh was the child of an age in ferment. The extinction of Sikh sovereignty in the Punjab, the decline
in the fortunes of Sikh aristocracy, the gradual emergence of an urban middle class, the dissipation of the
“national intellectual life” of the Punjab owing to the neglect and decay of any indigenous education of the
local people aroused among the Sikhs a concern for the survival of Sikhi, any political destiny and a
concern for redefining the boundaries of their faith.
Amrita Pritam
• Pritam is best remembered for her poignant
poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today I
invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an
elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet, and an
expression of her anguish over massacres during
the partition of India. As a novelist, her most
noted work was Pinjar ("The Skeleton", 1950), in
which she created her memorable character, Puro,
an epitome of violence against women, loss of
humanity and ultimate surrender to existential
fate; the novel was made into an award-winning
film, Pinjar (2003)
• Amrita was the first recipient of Punjab Rattan Award conferred upon her by Punjab Chief Minister Capt.
Amarinder Singh. She was the first female recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for Sunehadey
(poetic diminutive of the Punjabi word "ਸੁਨੇਹੇ" (Sunehe), Messages), Amrita Pritam received the Bhartiya
Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, in 1982 for Kagaj te Canvas (Paper and Canvas). She received
the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan (2004), India's second highest civilian award, and Sahitya
Akademi Fellowship, India's highest literary award, also in 2004. She received D.Litt. honorary degrees, from
many universities including, Delhi University (1973), Jabalpur University (1973) and Vishwa Bharati (1987).
• She also received the international Vaptsarov Award from the Republic of Bulgaria (1979) and Degree of
Officer dens, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officier) by the French Government (1987).She was nominated as
a member of Rajya Sabha 1986–92. Towards the end of her life, she was awarded by Pakistan's Punjabi
Academy, to which she had remarked, Bade dino baad mere Maike ko meri Yaad aayi.. (My motherland has
remembered me after a long time); and also Punjabi poets of Pakistan, sent her a chaddar, from the tombs of
Waris Shah, and fellow Sufi mystic poets Bulle Shah and Sultan Bahu.
 Harjeendir Singh dilgeer
•Punjabi: ਹਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਲਗੀਰ, born on
22 October 1965)He is the only author who has
written Complete History of the Sikhs (in 10
volumes, 3716 pages) and has translated Guru
Granth Sahib in English (7 volumes, 3747
pages) and has published NEW MAHAN KOSH
(ਨਵਾਂ ਮਹਾਨ ਕੋਸ਼) Encyclopedia of Sikh
literature, Punjab & Sikh History {3 of the 4
volumes of the NEW Mahan Kosh (3 volumes
running into 1900 pages) have been published in
March 2021 (all the 4 volumes 848 pages. 4
volumes total 2748 pages).
 •He has written in detail about the concept and the history of Akal Takht Sahib, Sikh culture, Shiromani Akali Dal, history of Anandpur Sahib
, and Kiratpur Sahib, Dictionary of Sikh Philosophy etc. The Sikh Reference Book is his magnum opus.'The Sikh Reference Book' is an
encyclopedia consisting of more than 2400 biographies, complete chronology of Sikh history, 400 concepts of Sikh philosophy as well more
than 800 Sikh shrines. He has produced a Sikh Encyclopedia CD-ROM. His latest books are Encyclopedia of Jalandhar (English), Banda Singh
Bahadur (Punjabi and English), Sikh Twareekh in five volumes (a complete Sikh History, from 1469 to 2007, in Punjabi), Sikh History in ten
volumes (a complete Sikh history, from 1469 to 2011, in English); and English translations of Nitnaym (the Sikh daily prayer) and Sukhmani
Sahib.His latest work is the English translation (with explanation) of Guru Granth Sahib, in seven volumes (published in March 2016) and a
Sikh encyclopedia named Nawah Mahan Kosh (ਨਵਾਂ ਮਹਾਨ ਕੋਸ਼) consisting of four volumes (the final volume was published in April
2022).
• Awards
In Denmark in 1995, he was presented with the 'Shan-i-Punjab' award
 In 2004, he was given the 'Giani Garja Singh Award' in Ludhiana.
In 2005, he was presented with the 'Kohinoor Award', 'National Professor of Sikh Studies' award and a gold
medal in Birmingham (England).
 In 2006, he was given the 'Bhai Gurdas' award in Amritsar.
 In 2009, he was presented with the 'National Professor of Sikh History' award at Chandigarh.
 In 2014, he was awarded a gold medal at Toronto (Canada).
 Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer was given the award of "Heera-e-Qaum" (Gem of Nation, PANTH RATAN) by
the Haryana SGPC, on 11 November 2017.
Karnail Singh somal
•Karnail Singh Somal is a well known Punjabi prose-writer. He is
recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (Bal Sahitya
Puraskar 2020 for his book in Punjabi 'Phoolaan da shehar').
District Fatehgarh Sahib (erstwhile in District. Patiala), Punjab, on
28 September 1940, as per school record. However, as per his
mother, he was born in the early morning of Maghi, first day of
the month of Magh. His father's name is Prem Singh and mother's
name is Surjeet Kaur.
 Service
•As he had done O.T. and BEd, so he started working as a school teacher. Thereafter, he joined
Punjab School Education Board as Language Expert. About two years later he was selected as Assistant
Director in Punjabi Teaching And Research Section of the Board. There his main contribution was in
writing and editing Punjabi text-books. He retired from that post in September 1998.

Education
He got his early education in his village school. He matriculated from Govt. High School Bassi Pathana in
1958. Because of financial difficulties, he could not continue his education further, he got a petty job.
However, his yearning for education led him to pursue his studies privately. He did his M.A. in
Punjabi(standing third in the university) and M.A. in Hindi. Later on he got his PhD from Punjab
University. The topic of his thesis was "A Study of Free Verse in Punjabi (up to 1950)".
Dalbir Singh jhand
•Dalbir Singh Jhand known as Punjabi writer Dalbir Chetan was a
foremost short story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature. He
had won awards, both regional and national, and is a widely
translated author. He retired as Indian Air Force officer. Chetan's
works were translated into a number of South-East Asian languages.
Though not a prolific writer, he was the author of four thought-
provoking short story books — Rishteyian De Aar Paar, Raat
Baraate, Khara Badal and Mehndi Bazaar book's main story Mehndi
Bazaar was translated and reviewed in journal South Asian Review.
 His book Mehndi Bazaar was translated into seven South-East Asian languages and selected in Twenty Stories from South
Asia. Many of his stories were translated into Urdu, English, Hindi, Oriya, Telugu and Gujarati languages. Some of his
short stories were telecast on television. He also edited an anthology "Asi Javaab Dinde Haan", which won him
appreciation

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Mehndi Bazaar was translated into seven South-East Asian languages, and many of his stories were translated into Urdu, English,
Hindi, Oriya, Telugu and Gujarati; some were also dramatized for television. His story Mehndi Bazaar is also part of MIT
OpenCourseWare(OCW) South Asian literature and culture coursework of top University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
of USA and selected in Twenty Stories from South Asia.
He edited an anthology entitled Asi Javaab Dinde Haan, which won him appreciation. His story Mehndi Bazaar was also part of
MIT Open course as mentioned above.
The characters in Chetan's stories and short stories are the downtrodden and the innocent rural folk with suppressed desires and
passions. Tragedy and irony mark the main elements of her fiction. Complex inner duality of the female psyche is the chief theme
of Dalbir Chetan. One of his admirers remarked that his demise had recreated a vacuum in the literary circles. It was about
Chetan that Amrita Pritam said, "Dalbir Singh Chetan has such a power in his writings that his personified characters actually
stir up the sentiments of the reader.
• Every secret of writers is their experience , quality of
their mind and most important is their works. We should
respect them and lastly we are thanking to all the
writers for their masterpieces which is famous in itself .
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