Among Padma Shri awardees, author from Haryana who lost father at 3, ‘raagi’ with 100 albums to credit

Remembering his days of struggle, Deswal told The Indian Express, “I utilized to rhythm for 15 km from colony to the authorities assemblage situated successful neighbouring municipality Jhajjar. During my schoolhouse and assemblage days, I participated successful effort penning competitions and won the awards astatine nationalist level too.”

A instrumentality postgraduate from Rohtak’s Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Deswal had besides done his post-graduation successful Hindi and English from the aforesaid assemblage isolated from securing a fewer much degrees and diplomas. His archetypal publication connected Hindi lit was published successful 1987. Till now, helium has authored 30 books of Lalit Nibandh, poetry, memoir, biography, travelogue successful Hindi and Haryanvi people lit isolated from his columns successful the newspapers.

Deswal says: “Since childhood, I person had a batch of involvement successful literature. But I don’t cognize why. The household excessively had nary acquisition background. However, I began participating successful an effort penning contention isolated from penning poems during schoolhouse days.” Having a 30-year-long acquisition arsenic subordinate prof of Hindi successful a Sonipat college, Deswal is an educationist of repute.

Earlier, too, helium has been honoured with ‘Mahakavi Surdas Ajeevan Sahitya Sadhana Award’ and ‘Jankavi Mehar Singh Award’ by Haryana Sahitya Academy. The Academy had besides honoured him with 2 champion publication awards. He was besides honoured with Best Programme Officer (NSS) grant of Rohtak’s Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) during his assemblage days isolated from authorities and cardinal government’s appreciation certificates successful the tract of societal reforms. The Haryana politician had earlier fixed him an “appreciation letter” for eradicating societal evils including run against dowry and illetary. With the assistance of villages, Deswal had succeeded to marque the colony Jagdishpur of Sonipat territory arsenic a implicit literate colony astir 3 decades backmost for which helium was honoured by the government.

Bhai Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale

He is simply a revered raagi known for his melodious Gurbani Kirtan (traditional singing of Sikh verses) and his affectional poesy connected Sahibzaadas (sons) of Guru Gobind Singh.

He has released implicit 100 albums which see adjacent to 650 shabads. Bhai Harjinder Singh has been doing kirtan for implicit 25 years.  His member Bhai Maninder Singh is besides a fashionable raagi and plays harmonium.

Bhai Harjinder Singh, Bhai Maninder Singh and Bhai Jatinder Pal Singh (Sri Nagar wale) is simply a raagi jatha (a radical of devotional singers successful Sikhism) who are good known to astir Sikhs globally. They person been performing kirtan from a precise young property and are self-taught.

Harjinder Singh was calved successful 1958 successful Balarwal colony of Gurdaspur territory successful Punjab. His begetter was besides a raagi.

He is simply a pupil of Shaheed Sikh Missionary College, Amritsar of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. He had started doing Kirtan astatine a Gurdwara successful Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir for a fewer years. In 1983, helium shifted to Ludhiana and presently resides there.