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Bawa Sasara
Bawa may refer to: People Surname * Avantika Bawa (born 1973), Indian-American artist, curator, and professor * Gurmeet Bawa (born 1944), Indian Punjabi singer * Hemi Bawa, Indian painter and sculptor * Kamaljit S. Bawa (born 1939), Indian evolutionary ecologist, conservation biologist and professor * Manjit Bawa (1941–2008), Indian painter * Ranjit Bawa (born 1991), Panjabi Sikh singer * Robin Bawa (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Samridh Bawa (born 1990), Indian model, television actor and director * Vikram Bawa (born 1970), Indian fashion, advertising and landscape photographer Given name * Bawa Balwant (1915–1972), Indian writer, poet and essayist * Bawa Jain (born 1957), secretary-general for the World Council of Religious Leaders * Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (died 1986), Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking teacher and Sufi mystic * Bawa Andani Yakubu (1926–2002), police officer, politician and king Other uses * British Athletics Writers' Association The British Athletics Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avantika Bawa
Avantika Bawa (born 1973) is an Indian American artist, curator, and professor of art. Bawa is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in site-specific installation, video, printmaking, and drawing. She is the recipient of the 2018 Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Golden Spot Residency Award, the Hallie Ford Fellowship in the Visual Arts, and the Oregon Arts Commission Joan Shipley Award. Education Bawa has an MFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from the Maharaja Sayajirao University. Career Bawa is an associate professor of art at Washington State University Vancouver, and serves on the board of the Oregon Arts Commission. She has had solo exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, Suyama Space in Seattle; Saltworks Gallery in Atlanta; Disjecta Contemporary Arts Center in Portland, Oregon; and Gallery Maskara in Mumbai, India. Bawa is also one of the founders of ''Drain - A Journal of Contemporary Art an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurmeet Bawa
Gurmeet Bawa (18 February 1944 – 21 November 2021) was an Indian Punjabi language folk singer. She was known as ''Lambi hek di malika'' () for her long ''hek'' () that she could hold for about 45 seconds. She was the first Punjabi female singer to sing on Indian public service broadcaster, Doordarshan. She was awarded Padma Bhushan by Indian government in 2022. Early life Gurmeet Bawa was born as Gurmeet Kaur in 1944, to father S. Uttam Singh and mother Ram Kaur, in the village of Kothe in British Punjab. The village is now a part of Gurdaspur district of Indian Punjab. Her mother died when she was two years old. At that time, girls were not allowed to study or go out without elders' permission but Bawa, who dreamt of being a teacher, passed her Junior Basic Training exams and became the first woman from the region to be a teacher. Career Bawa started her career in 1968. She sang with the Punjabi folk instruments, including alghoza, chimta, dholki and tumbi. In one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemi Bawa
Hemi Bawa (born 1948) is an Indian painter and sculptor. Her works include acrylic and glass paintings and sculptures made of cast glass, fibre glass and copper-fired glass. Bawa was born in Delhi and did not have any formal training when she started painting in 1962. Later, she studied Scandinavian glassmaking techniques and started working on that medium and also in combination with metal, wood and acrylic. In 1996, Coca-Cola commissioned her for a sculpture, to be displayed during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the eight-foot high work is now on display at the Coca-Cola Museum in the city. She has had solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad, including the ''Glass Dimension'' show and '' India Art Fair 2012'' at Delhi. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamaljit S
Kamaljit may refer to * Kamaljit Neeru, a Punjabi singer * Kamaljit S. Bawa, Indian ecologist, conservation biologist * Kamaljit Singh Garewal, Indian Judge * Kamaljeet Sandhu, also spelt Kamaljit Sandhu Indian athlete * Jay Sean, Real name Kamaljit Singh Jhooti British singer-songwriter, rapper * Kamal Jit Singh - serving Indian Army Lt Gen and present GoC-in-C of Western Command {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjit Bawa
Manjit Bawa (1941 – 29 December 2008), born in Dhuri, Punjab, India, was an Indian painter. Biography Bawa was born in 1941 in Dhuri, British India. His elder brothers encouraged him to pursue art. He studied fine arts at the College of Art, New Delhi between 1958 and 1963, where his professors included Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat and B.C. Sanyal. "But I gained an identity under Abani Sen. Sen would ask me to do 50 sketches every day, only to reject most of them. As a result, I inculcated the habit of working continuously. He taught me to revere the figurative at a time when the entire scene was leaning in favor of the abstract. Without that initial training I could never have been able to distort forms and create the stylization you see in my work today," recalls Bawa. Works Between 1964 and 1971, Bawa worked as a silkscreen printer in Britain, where he also studied art. "On my return, I faced a crisis. I asked myself, 'What shall I paint?' I couldn't be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjit Bawa
Ranjit Singh Bajwa (born 14 March 1989) known professionally as Ranjit Bawa is an Indian singer and actor associated with Punjabi language music and films. He rose to fame from his single "Jatt Di Akal" which broke many Punjabi records. He made his debut in the 2015 album, ''Mitti Da Bawa'' which was awarded the "Best World Album" award in the 2015 Brit Asia TV Music Awards. He has also received "PTC Best Folk oriented Song Award" in 2013 for his Song in 2013, Jatt Di Akal. He made his film debut in playing the title role in '' Toofan Singh'', a semi-biographical film about the 1980s Punjabi activist Shaheed Bhai Jugraj Singh Toofan. Education Born in Gurdaspur in Punjab, Bawa did his graduation from Guru Nanak College, Batala and post-graduation at Khalsa College, Amritsar. Bawa did his Masters in Music from Guru Nanak Dev University. Discography Studio Albums Singles Discography * Jatt Di Akal * Jean * Sadi Wari Aun De * Shadi Dot Com * Kankan * Miti Da Bawa * Sher Marn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Bawa
Robin N. Bawa (born March 26, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent parts of four seasons in the National Hockey League between 1989 and 1994. Playing career Bawa spent five productive seasons of junior hockey in the WHL with the Kamloops Blazers, but was passed over in the NHL Entry Draft. Finally, after a 57-goal performance in the 1986–87 season, Bawa earned a pro contract from the Washington Capitals. Bawa turned pro the following season, spending the year in the IHL with the Fort Wayne Komets. While Bawa had been primarily a skill player in junior, he began to fight more often in pro hockey and developed into an enforcer. He averaged over 200 penalty minutes in his first three years in Washington's system, finally earning a five-game callup to the Capitals in 1989–90, during which he scored his first NHL goal, against Alain Chevrier and the Chicago Blackhawks. Bawa played one more season in the Capitals' system, posting 381 penalty minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samridh Bawa
Samridh Bawa is an Indian television actor. He is majorly known for his role of Leeladhar Chaturvedi in Life OK's ''Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali'' and Karan Singh Chauhan in Colors TV's ''Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman'' and the role of Jigar in ''Balika Vadhu 2 ''Balika Vadhu 2'' ( 2) is an Indian dramatic television series that aired on Colors TV from 9 August 2021 to 25 February 2022 and on Voot from 28 February 2022 to 29 March 2022. It is a reboot of the long-running series ''Balika Vadhu''. Prod ...''. Filmography Television References Living people Year of birth uncertain 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male television actors Male actors from Delhi Indian male models Indian male soap opera actors 1990 births {{India-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikram Bawa
Vikram Bawa (born 16 March 1970) is an Indian fashion, advertising and landscape photographer based in Mumbai. He was the first Indian photographer to promote and showcase 3D photography in the late 1990s. Life and work Bawa was born in Delhi. He moved with his parents to Mumbai at an early age. He went to Green Lawns High School, Mumbai. After which he graduated in maths from Elphinstone College, Mumbai. He started work as the managing director of a chemical firm at age 18. In 1996, he started photography professionally. Bawa started photography as a hobby when he was 16 years old. His mother and father were avid hobbyists, which influenced Bawa. Bawa started shooting on a Yashica automatic camera and his father’s Yashica TLR. The first camera which he bought was a Yashica FX 3 Super 2000 SLR. It was on this camera that he learnt the photography skills of which he makes use today. He has also directed music videos and a film called ‘Yahaan Gandhi Bikta Nahin’, a short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bawa Balwant
Mangal Sen (1915–1972) was a Punjabi writer, poet and essayist in East Punjab, India. He wrote first under the name Balwant Rai, but is most famous for his poetry under his pen name Bawa Balwant. He started writing poetry in Urdu but later switched to his mother tongue of Punjabi. Balwant is credited with helping start the progressive movement in Punjabi poetry. He also made a contribution to the freedom struggle of India. Early life Mangal Sen was born in August 1915 to a middle-class family, in the ancient village of Neshta in the Indian Punjab. Neshta ( pa, ਨੇਸ਼ਟਾ) is near Wagah border and now falls under the Amritsar district He received his primary education from his father, Thakur Dina Nath, and learned Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit. He got a job in Amritsar where he developed a passion for music. He was heavily influenced by the Urdu poet Muhammad Iqbal. His father, Thakur Dina Nath, was a ''hakeem'' (English:desi doctor). He had two brothers and two sisters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bawa Jain
Bawa Jain (born Preminder Nath Jain February 16, 1957) is the Secretary-General for the World Council of Religious Leaders.Biography, Bawa Jain', retrieved 2015-03-25 He first presided as such at the 2000 Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.The World Council of Religious Leaders, Millennium Peace Summit', retrieved 2015-03-25 Jain co-founded the Religious Initiative of the World Economic Forum, and is the founder of The Gandhi King Award for Non-Violence. He launched the World Council of Religious Leaders (WCORL) Religion One on One Initiative. United Nations activities Bawa Jain was responsible for commencing the opening of the United Nations General Assembly during their Annual Interfaith Services in New York from 1998 – 1999. During his time at the UN, Jain founded the World Movement for Nonviolence in January 1998. As founder of The World Movement for Nonviolence, he conceived The Gandhi-King Award, which honors those who exemplify the lives a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (died December 8, 1986), also known as ''Bawa'', was a Tamil-speaking teacher and Sufi mystic from Sri Lanka who came to the United States in 1971, established a following, and founded the ''Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship'' in Philadelphia. He developed branches in the United States, Canada,Malik and Hinnells, p. 93. Australia and the UK — adding to existing groups in Jaffna and Colombo,Malik and Hinnells, p. 91. Sri Lanka. He is known for his teachings, discourses, songs, and artwork. Bawa established vegetarianism as the norm for his followers and meat products are not permitted at the legacy fellowship center or farm. Early life Though little is known of his early personal life, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen's public career began in Sri Lanka in the early 1940s, when he emerged from the jungles of northern Sri Lanka. Bawa met pilgrims who were visiting shrines in the north, and gradually became more widely known. There were reports of dream or my ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |