Today, readers of the Punjabi Tribune read an article titled “Lasani Sakhiat Giani Gurdit Singh” by Harmit Singh Atwal.

The readers of Daily Ajit read a tribute, captioned “Giani Gurdit Singh Nu Cheate Kardian” by Dr Tejinder Pal Kaur.

Today is my father’s 87th birth anniversary. We remember him still—his work, his personality and his deeds have, indeed, left a lasting impact on the fabric of Punjab and in the collective consciousness of Punjabis.

I hope that you like the changes that my friends Rajiv, Cheena and Sandeep have done to the website to make it more contemporary and attractive.

Sikh Chic, the Canadian website has published HS Gill’s article, which is also a fitting tribute to Giani Gurdit Singh ji.

In the evening, at 7.30 pm IST, Doordarshan Jalandhar is telecasting a half-an-hour documentary on him. I will update you once I have seen it.

I really don’t have much more to add, other than that his heritage is cherished and alive, even after his is no longer with us physically.

You may like to click here to read more.

Please click on the images of the article to open bigger files that you can read or print out.

Roopinder Singh

From Website

From Website

There is always a debate about whether translations can really capture the spirit of the original. For me, this debate was settled when I read the lucid translations of Plato’s dialogues by B. Jowett, who was Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford. I can still recite some of the passages that I read in college, and there is not way that I could have read the original in Greek. Please click here to read more.

February 24 is the birth anniversary of Giani Gurdit Singh ji, my father. His books assured him literary immortality, his conduct and deeds have left such a deep impact on many lives that his memory is still very much with us. Please click here to read more

Rabinder Singh Bhamra is one of the pillars of the Sikh community in New York. A much-respected businessman, he has a deep interest in Sikh thought and spirituality. Please click here to read Rabinder Singh Bhamra’s moving tribute to Giani ji:

Prof Harjit Singh Gill, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, has written about Giani Gurdit Singh ji. Prof Gill is a linguist of international standing and had interacted with Giani ji for a considerable period of time. 

Please click here to read more about what Prof Gill writes about the man, his contribution and the impact that he left on the people around him.

Giani Gurdit Singh ji left us a year ago. On Thursday, January 17, 2008, the house that he build and where he lived the last many years of his life, was filled with the holy gurbani as members of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha recited shabads.

Those who were close to him had gathered to remember him. We were all there—my mother Sardarni Inderjit Kaur, my brother Ravinder and our families. This was essentially a private family function that had not been notified publicly, but then with Papa, things were informal.

Please click here to read more and see more photogaphs

Mera Pind, the classic by Giani Gurdit Singh ji has been reprinted because of popular and sustained demand for this book that has been in continuous print from 1961.

The new, eighth, edition is 480 pages and has been typeset again. It is now in a bigger type face and even the original graphics made by Ishwar Chitarkar, have been made bolder and better.

The cover illustration is by the artist R M Singh, who has been designing all the covers of Giani Gurdit Singh ji’s books for many years now. The background of a mud-covered house is taken from a photograph, shot by Roopinder Singh, of a house in Mithewal, the village that is Mera Pind.

The book has been printed on superior, imported paper and is available in both, soft cover and hardbound editions.

We are posting three tributes to Giani Gurdit Singh ji which were published in prominent newspapers. You can read what A J Philip, Senior Associate Editor, The Tribune Chandigarh, Nirupama Dutt a prominent journalist and writer and Nonika Singh a columnist for The Hindustan Times wrote about Giani ji by clicking on their names.

Messages and letters paying tributes to Giani ji and recognising his many achievements were received from many prominent people, including the Governor of Punjab and the Chief Minister of Punjab.

We are posting letters received from Jathedar Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Amritsar, Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab, and Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha

Giani Gurdit Singh ji passed away in Chandigarh on January 17, 2007. He had recently suffered two heart attacks, which had left him weak, but he was still active till he left for his final journey.

Please click here to read the news item that The Tribune carried about him.

Would you like to read the translation of the citation of the Punjabi Sahit Shiromani Award 2006 conferred on Giani Gurdit Singh by the Language Department, Punjab?

Please click here to read it.