Society for Conservation and Healing of Environment, a social service organisation, announced awards dedicated to noted Punjabi poet and writer Surjit Patar and agricultural scientist Manjit Singh Kang, former PAU vice-chancellor, during a function organised at Gurdwara Sahib in PAU on Sunday. HT Image A book titled “Guru Nanak Bani Vich Kudarat” written by Balwinder Singh Lakhewali, head of the …
The celebrated poet, who passed away at 79, explored the region’s cultural richness and pluralism, giving voice to its struggles and aspirations. As I think of Surjit Patar, this following verse, which I had first heard on radio during my college days, reverberates in my mind: Je ayi pathjhar taa fer ki hai tu agli rutt ch yakeen rakhin, main …
