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Talking To Novelist Amandeep Singh Sandhu
Roll of Honour An Interview by ROSALIA SCALIA

Sandhu ranks among India’s literary pioneers, writing about a chapter of its modern history that remains an open and bleeding wound.

The Khushwant Singh Literary Festival ROOPINDER SINGH

Many readers write to him, and most are pleasantly surprised to get back a handwritten postcard reply from him. “I have always tried to reply to every letter that I get,” he says.

The Freethinker's Prayer Book A Book review by ROOPINDER SINGH

The self-proclaimed agnostic has brought out a prayer book. This should not come as a surprise because Khushwant Singh has been interested in religion for long.

The Truth About the New J K Rowling New Book:
The Casual Vacancy T. SHER SINGH

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012:   It's an excellent read. More importantly, it is the kind of book that I have dreamed about having the world’s prominent authors write about ...

J K Rowling's Sikh Characters T. SHER SINGH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012:  Rowling is a creative writer with a wild imagination -- and I say that as a compliment. Remember, she is the creator of Harry Potter and Dumbledore, of Rowena Ravenclaw and Nearly-Headless Nick.

New J.K. Rowling Novel Stars a Sikh Family:
The Casual Vacancy HASAN SUROOR, et al

Speaking to the BBC as the book was launched on Thursday, September 27, Ms Rowling said what attracted her to Sikhism was its "egalitarianism" ... “It’s an amazing religion."

Piercing the Silence, Telling Our Stories JOHN BARBER

It is brown-skinned Indo-Aryan Hindu supremacists who figure most prominently in Shauna's fictional world.

Shauna Singh Baldwin's The Selector of Souls A Book Review by ROSALIA SCALIA

From its opening with Damini’s haunting sacrifice to its very end, the book consistently surprises and keeps the reader gripped for what comes next.

Talking to Shauna Singh Baldwin
About Her New Novel An Interview by ROSALIA SCALIA

Her first in seven years, award-winning and best-selling Sikh-Canadian author, Shauna Singh Baldwin’s newest novel will be released this month.

Roll of Honour:
Amandeep Singh Sandhu's New Novel on 1984

The assault on the Darbar Sahib has just ended and the Indian Army is arresting and killing innocent Sikhs ...