Sukhdarshan Dhaliwal (1950–2015) was a

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-American poet, who has published three collections of poetry in

and one collection of

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s in English.

Biography

Sukhdarshan Dhaliwal is originally from village of Lohara,

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. He now lives in

Shawnee, Kansas Shawnee is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is the seventh most populous municipality in the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 67,311. History Territory of Kansas Before ...

. He was a contemporary author of ghazal poetry in English, Punjabi, and Urdu. He started writing Punjabi poetry in the mid-1980s. In 1986, he published “Hanjua’n Di Aawaaz”, a collection of poems about 1984 and Sikhism. In 1990, he published another book of Punjabi poems, “Sat Rangey Lafaz”. In addition to his books, several of his ghazals in Punjabi were issued on CD in a collection titled Roo-B-Roo (Face to Face) sung by Jagjit Singh Zirvi. In December, 2005 he started writing ghazals in the English language. Sukhdarshan was influenced by Urdu/Hindi ghazals, and

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Punjabi Music. In 2008, he published “Sach de Sanmukh”, a collection of Punjabi poems. In 2009, he published a collection of ghazals written in English, "Ghazals At Twilight". In 2005, he also started a Punjabi Cultural Society in the Kansas City Area to celebrate the poetry, song, and dance traditions of his homeland in the United States. He continued to work in the Kansas City Punjabi community to promote Punjabi cultural events. Sukhdarshan Dhaliwal passed away on January 26, 2015 at the age of 65.

Bibliography

* ''Hanjua'n di Aawaaz'' (Punjabi Poems)(Sikh Serving America Publishing, 1987) * ''Sat Rangey Lafaz'' (Punjabi Poems) (Navjug Publishing, Delhi, 1990) * ''Sach De Sunmukh'' (Punjabi Poems) (Ravi Sahit Parkashan Publishing, Amritsar, India, 2007 ) * ''Ghazals At Twilight'' (English) SD Publications, 2009

References

External links

Village of Lohara website with links to books by Sukhdarshan DhaliwalReprint of "The South Asian Times" review of "Ghazals At Twilight"
* ttp://www.pcsofheartland.com Punjabi Cultural Society of the Heartland, Kansas City {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhaliwal, Sukhdarshan Mystic poets Living people Punjabi-language poets 1950 births People from Shawnee, Kansas