Author: Ranjit Singh 'Kuki' Gill

Re-building our roots

The Guru Granth Sahib states: “Air is the Guru, Water is the father and Earth the great mother”. But in our homeland Punjab, all around us the bullish kar-sewa babas are converting our iconic treasures into mar-kana...

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I salute Gil Scott-Heron

Noted American writer, singer and social commentator Gil Scott-Heron passed away on 26 May 2011 in America at the age of 62. In today’s world where the social crisis created and developed by careless governments is...

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Gone but not forgotten

Last week I went to the last Ardas for Sardarani Gurdial Kaur, a native of village Bulara near Ludhiana who was mother to a Sikh who served as a captain in the Indian army. Sahib Satinderpal Singh Gill was on active service when...

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Toxic Lasara drain

“Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong.” ‘Bird by...

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