I was absolutely delighted last year when I saw the shelves of a Central London bookshop dominated by a book whose jacket featured the photograph of a delicate-looking nine year old Sikh boy tensely staring out.
Writers hailing from Punjab and other states of India, USA, UK, Australia, Spain, Philippines and Hong Kong have written in the genres of geet, ghazal, nazm and blank verse in this book.
In The Master's Presence: The Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib, the new book by Nidar and Parmjit Singh, firmly gives it the place that it deserves.
The 46 writers assembled in this book show both the great diversity of Yoga and its unifying principles as it has been carried forward in America.
As Nidar Singh Nihang puts it, this book gives an alternative view on our history.
The book Menus and Memories from Punjab: Meals to Nourish Body and Soul by Veronica (Rani) Sidhu is the first Punjabi cookbook for a western audience.
For most authors, writing is a labor of love. It is only their passion and not material gain which sustains them on this path.
To my mind this the finest example of a coffee table book but my heart rebels at such a moniker for it. It is much, much more than that; it is indeed a labor of love, with a lot more to teach us than simply being delightful eye-candy.
Known for his great work on the world wars depicting Sikhs’ contribution to the world during the wars, this book reveals the history of Sikhs living in Holland.