“THE QUEST CONTINUES: LOST HERITAGE The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan”, the sequel book explores Sikh legacy in 90 cities & villages across Sindh, Balochistan, West Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan Administered Kashmir. It’s inception started from a field research in Jan-Feb 2017 and by the time it is delivered by...
Not all who wander are lost! Hundreds of human skeletons, some with frozen flesh attached to them, can still be found around Roopkund (16,500 feet), a remote glacial lake in the lap of Trishul massif in Himalayas. The presence of these skeletons was first discovered in 1942 by the Himalayan...
A journey across the salt range in Pakistan enabled me to reflect on the tumult of human existence, our daily battles between the realms of spiritual and existential desires! From the abandoned remains of Choa Baba Nanak Gurdwara (left picture), where Nanak spread the message of spiritual love, as...
In Pakistan at Mansehra, as I peered into the hall of the Mansehra Municipal library, in front of the marble structure in which once the scripture of the Sikhs would be kept, now there were tables placed with newspapers! In the hall where the community would once attentively sit on...
Nanak sang the songs of love to ‘illuminate’ the hearts of mortals! However today, ironically, at a short distance from the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan where Nanak breathed his last, a barbed wire along the Indo-Pak border remains ‘illuminated’ with high powered lights even during the bright daylight! Nanak’s...
There are many lakes and mountains around the world, though only a few have an aura and character that can continue to attract people over the ages. In the remote western region of Tibet lies a triad formation of Mount Kailash, Lake Mansarovar and Lake Rakshastal, possessing a unique magnetic...
A stone I died and rose again a plant; A plant I died and rose as an animal; I died an animal and was born a man. Why should I fear? What have I lost in death? ……..Rumi Photo : River Ganges at Varanasi is...
“LOST HERITAGE – The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan” authored by Amardeep Singh, releases in December 2015. Here is a video that shares the motivation and journey in making of this book. A deep-rooted desire to connect with the land of our ancestors propelled me to visit...
Seven decades after the searing partition of 1947, the Sikh community continues to yearn to experience its glorious heritage abandoned across Pakistan. For those fortunate few able to visit the country, they remain confined to a handful of functional gurdwaras. Would the heritage of the land where Sikhism was born...
Today was the third day of my photo art exhibition at the Naam Ras 2014, hosted at Singapore Expo Hall 7. Many viewers congratulated on the unique perspectives of the Golden Temple and Nihang series, some asking to give personalized round of the exhibits. A few years back as...