Prof. Harbans Singh: A gentleman scholar
Posted on Jul 9th, 2013 in Profiles
Man wants to leave his imprint on the world. There are so many ways in which individuals seek to make their mark — none is as noble as bequeathing a legacy of knowledge which can be passed on to future generations. When the first encyclopedia on Sikhs was to be written, Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha was the right man for …
‘Arrived safely. Letter follows’
Posted on Jun 18th, 2013 in Middles
My father never opened a telegram, not if he could help it. A deeply ingrained attitude, developed and nurtured in the early decades spent in his village, Mithewal, had convinced Giani Gurdit Singh that telegrams were harbingers of bad news. The fact that he had a fair share of telegrams coming his way, and most of them were positive messages, …
