Dr. Jasbir Singh Sarna Editor World Punjabi Writers Who's Who
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DR. JASBIR SINGH SARNA EDITOR WORLD PUNJABI WRITERS WHO'S WHO DR. JASBIR SINGH SARNA EDITOR WORLD PUNJABI WRITERS WHO'S WHO By Dr. Jasbir Singh Sarna Phone: 01952-236373 © Dr. Jasbir Singh Sarna ISBN 81 -86741-14-3 Price: RS . ~~C~ .~ ~;I.:. US $: 18.00 .£ : 13.00 · Belgium France : 15.00 . First Print 2003 . Publisbed by :Sant & Singh Publishers, Near Super Bazar, Baramulla-1931O I Jammu & Kashmir. Printed at · Printways Press Baramulla. Dedicated -to Dr.Satinder Singh Noor PREFACE The entrepreneurial volume of extent, upon the writers themselves to world Punjabi writers, is an attempt to come forward to make a project of this enhance under standing cooperation nature. between all Punjabi writers commi'tted A work of this nature, magnitude to common ideals of international and comlexity is bound to take understanding, peace and Universal considerable time in process, some of love. Definitly this is not a definite the writers covered in the volume have work but a definite etTatl tOW'ards passed away, some others have definite goal. changed their residences. professions ' World Punjabi writers who 's or might have been retired from who ' is a venture in a new field till service, making the address entered in date an unexplored. OursoJe aim in this volume obsolete, for which I this has not been merely to provide regret my sincere efforts. information, but make it as detailed as The Principle followed in this possible and present it with accuracy unique editing of the entries under with better methodology. each of the heads detailed be~ow in This is unique in its nature and their respective order ~ - context as for as Punjabi writers are {a) ~ (Shown in Bold Cap) the concerned. The who's who is not writer have been clearly meant for a selective,onc except that requested to give their middle it was to cover only writers but not name first. The method authors. A writer by dictionary means followed by alphabetization only. is " one who writes. compiles or (b) UN NAME (Shown in Bold produces a literary composition as a Cap) Many writers have more profession." According to another than one pen-name. But in this dictionary " one who engages in book only first pen-name has literary composition as a profession." been shown. The only crit<:ria for the elig~bility of (e) ACADEMIC DEGREES ETC an entry in the who's who was that (Shown is Small Caps) a writer should have published at least Generally, All academic Degrees, one book in any branch of Punjabi Diplomas and such qualifications literature. creative or critical.. stated by a writer have shown in Writers who have published 'their . the following styles: Iherary works only in journals and M.A; Ph.D. magazines but have been unable to (d) DATE OF BIRTH (PreCeded by bring them in book form, had also been the abbreviation !!). The date of left out. birth complete with the month But inspite of my earnest efforts, and year have been shown in the the maximum number of entries I have standared Gregori8Jl Calender. been been able to collect is about 616. For ..... pl.: 20·04·1946 has been I must confess to regret that I am not shown .thus. really happy with this score. No April 20, 1946. compiler however, big he may be or (e) DATE OF DEATH (Preceded by his resources, can reach to the last the abbreviation g) If a writer is writer but has to depend to a large expired. his dale of death is given in 2 brackets following the daU: ofbinh. specialist service in this venture. (I) PLACE OF BIRTH (Preceded by I offer my appologies to those, the· abbreviation U) Place of who do not figure in this treatise birth is further specified by the and request them to send district and the state, it ralls in. biographical notes to incorporate such details as Tehsil. dist etc in next edition. have ,been generally omitted. My wife Paramjeet Klur. (g) PROFESSION (Preceded by the daughter Swaijot kaur and son abbreviation flQf ) If 'he de Taranjot singh deserve my special details regarding the profession of thanks for their assistance in the a writer contained in the address preparation and arrangement of itself in thetermination of entry. the in dcxes. In case retired person or those Dr. I.S. Sarna shown as Teaching (retd). Editor (h) AWARDS AND PRIZES Baramulla, (Abbreviated as Mf) Awards and prizes received from the state Gave. lstMay 2003 India Govt or the Country in which the writer is living now-a-days. (i) EDITOR (Abbreviated as Ed) All the writers who are editing or have been editors to some daily. fortnightlx, monthly, bimonthly, quaterly, and six monthly have been shown as Ed. This is followed by the name of the paper/ Magazinel Journalsl Periodicals oftha. Slide! Country. (j) PUBLICATIONS (Abbreviated as Pubis) Firstly total number of publications ofa writer including Translations, compHed or edited works etc is stated in the brackets. This is followed by any len books or so, along with the date of publication. (k) ADDRESS (Abbreviated as Add) Full postal address, complete with-the name of the state or the pin code has been provided. I '.yould like to thank latc Dr. M.S.Amrit,K. Satchi danandon, Dr. H.S. Dilgeer, Dr. Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar, Iqbal Qasier, Dr. TS.Gill, Fradee Joseph and Dr. K.S.lnqulabi (Associate Editor), whose works provided a 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Sans Sanskrit The following abbreviations are Stats Statistics. frequently used in this book besides Suptd. Superintenden those in general use and practice by Tech. Technical different universities and other . Tr. Translated. competent institutions. The usc of Uni. Unive,rsity. abbreviations in titles of publications Ur.· Urdu. and address, as has been avoided. Vill. Village. Add Address Vol (s) Volume (s). Agri Agriculture/Agricultural A&P Awards' and Prizes AIR All India Radio b Born b.P Birth place Col Colonel Cril Criticism. d Death Dept!.. Department. Dip Diploma Distl District. Eco Economics. Edu Education. Eng English f Father Gavt. Government tHn. Hindi Hist. History Hon. Honours . lost. Institute . J&K Jammu and Kashmir Lang. Language. Lib" Sc Library Science. Lin. Literature. Maj. Major Maths Mathematics. Mg Managing Per. Persian. " Phil. philoso~hy. Phys. Physics P.O. Post Office Pol.Sc Political Science. Prof Profession . Psy Psychology. PubIs Publications. Punj Punjabi R"td Retired . SAAward Sahitya Academy Award 4 The disorderly order of listing Arnarjeet Kaur the world Punjabi writers in the book Amar Komal is not according to any system of Amarjit Kaunke Dr. preference. 1t has been adopted in Amarjit Kaur Sekhon p!ace of traditional alphabelical AmaT Jyoti sequence for the sake of convenience Amar Nath Komal in compilation and updating. To over Amrik Dogra come the obvious defects, the Arnrik Singh alphabetical index of the listed writers Amrita Pritam is given below to help to find what is Amrit Lal Madan Saggar looked for_ Arnrit Lal Paul, Dr. Amrit M.S. Dr. ~ Amrll Raina Dr. Aasif Shahkar Arnrit Lal A_Asror Paul -Anant Singh Kabli Abdul Gaffur Qureshi Anoop Singh Virk Abdul karim Kudsi Arjan Singh Gargajj Afzal Hafeez Shola Arther Victor Afzal Hussan Randhwa Asa Singh Afzal Parvez Ashfaq Ahmad Afzal Tuseef Aashiq Rahil Ahmad Dauood Atarn Harnrahi Ahmad Salim Alar Singh Bahadaur Aunul Haq Farid Koti Ate Singh Aizaz Ahmad Azar Attam Jeet Dr. Aimal Veia Attar Singh Akbar Hamedi Attarjit Akbar Qazmi Avtar Singh Azad Akhter Hashmi Avtar Singh Toofan Akther Hussain Akther Dr. Awal Sarhadi (Harnam Singh) Allah Var Vogi Awlar Singh Anbhol (Hakim Mirza Allah yar Khan Awatar Singh Sekhon, Dr. Rehmani) Azbar Javid Ajeet Cour Babo Ram Diwana Ajaib Chit.rkar Bachan Singh Bachan, Gujar Khani Ajaib Kamal Bachint Kaur Mrs . Ajaib Singh Hundal Bagwant Singh Aiit Sahni Baktawar Singh Deol Ajit Singh Balbir Aatsh Aj it Singh Aas. Balbir Kaur Sanghera Aiit Singh Chandan Balbir Singh Dil Ajit Singh Dr. Balbir Singh Kahlon Ajit Singh Kakar. Balbir Singh Kanwal Ajit Singh Sarhadi Balbir Singh Paevana Ajmer Kainth Balbir Saini Ajmer Singh Aulakh Baldev Raj Gupta Amar Bharti Baldev Singh 5 Baldev Singh DarshaD Singh Asst. Baldev Singh Budan Darshan Singh Awara Baldev Singh Dhaliwal Dar.han Singh Bedi Oalinder Kaur Sohi, Dr. Darshan Singh Dhir Baljit. kaur Bali Darshan Singh, Doctor Baljit Singh Balli Dovinder Deep (Batra) Balwant Gargi Davinder Kaur, Dr. Balwan! Singh Davinder Singh, Dr. Balwant Singh Nir Wair Dev Bant Singh Chatha Deva Singh Narotam Basant Gill Davinder Singh Elimwad i. Basant Kumar Rattan Dewan Singh, Dr. Bashir Munzar I Oharam Kammcyana Bhagat Singh Dharam Singh , Dr, Bhag Singh Dilbir Chetan Bhagwan Dass Majboor . Oit Singb Giani Bhagwan Dass Nirmohi Diwan Singh Maftoon Bhagwant Singh Ghulam Mustafa 8ismal Bhagwanl Singh Gian Singh, Giani Bhajan Singh Virk Gian Singh Nakkash Bhupinder Singh Gian Singh Sandhu Bhur Singh Kalar Gulwant Farag Bikram Singh Ghuman Guizar Singh Shounki Bikram Singh Kanwar Guminder Kaur. Dr. Brahmjagdish Singh Guran Diua Singh Sandhu B.S. Rattan Gurbachan Kaur Nanda. Bupinder Purewal Fakhaf Zaman Bupinder Singh Suden, Dr. Faqir Mohmad faqir. Dr. Buta Singh Shad Fazil Kashmiri Chaman Deep Deol Firoz Din Sharar· Chaman Lal Shegal Gagan Gill Chandan Nagi Ganda Singh Charanj i Lal Garja Singh Giani Charanjit Chann Gurbachan Singh Bhindranwale Charan Singh Gurbachan Singh Bhullar Charan Singh Dr. Gurbachan Singh Talib Charan Singh Shaheed Gurbakesh Singh Dean Chaltar Singh Bir Gurbakesh Singh Randhir Chuapa Singh Chhiber Gurcharan Singh Dalip Kaur Tiwana , Dr. Gurcharan Singh Arshi Dalip Singh Bhopal Gurcharan Singh Daljit Mokha Gurcharan Singh Gulshan. Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Gurcbaran Singh Gyani Dan Singh Komal Gurcharan Singh Jasuja Darshan Dhanjal Gurcharan Rampuri Darshan M itwa Gurcharan Singh Sadi Darshan Nat Nazim Gurdarshan Bal 6 Gurdas Bhai Harjinder Kang.