Sardar Panchhi Explained

Sardar Panchhi (original name: Karnail Singh, born 14 October 1932)^[1] is a Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi poet. Sardar Panchhi is his pen name. He has written several songs for Bollywood movies. Notable of them are "Ek Chadar Maili Si" and "Waris."^[2]

Life

He was born (14 October 1932) and brought up at a village near Gujranwala, British Punjab (now in Pakistan). He was 17 when India got partitioned and he and his family had to migrate to India.^[3]

Books

Sardar Panchhi has written seven books in Punjabi, nine in Urdu and two in Hindi.

• Mazdoor Ki Avaz
• Sanvley Suraj
• Suraj Ke Sakhe (Publisher:Chetna Prakashan)
• Adhoore But
• Dard Ka Tarjuma
• Turkre Turkre Ayana(Publisher:Chetna Prakashan)
• Vanjhli de Sur
• Shivranjni
• NAKASH-E-KADAM
• MERI NAZAR MEN AAP
• UJALON KE HAMSAFAR
• GULISTAN-E-AQIDAT
• BOSTAN-E-AQIDAT
• PANCHHI DEE PARVAZ
• KADAM KADAM TANHAI(Publisher:Chetna Prakashan)

Notes and References

1. https://www.ajitweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2486:2012-09-13-11-40-11&catid=50:2012-02-23-11-52-07&Itemid=217 ਸਾਹਿਤਕੀ ਆਬਸ਼ਾਰ,ajitweekly
2. http://www.quamiekta.com/2011/05/13/7423/ ਉਰਦੂ ਦੀ ਜਨਮ ਭੂਮੀ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਰਦੂ ਨੂੰ ਦਮ ਨਾ ਤੋੜਨ ਦਿਓ-ਸਰਦਾਰ ਪੰਛੀ
3. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090117/aplus1.htm Sardar Panchhi - a poet against narrow ideologies - Neeraj Bagga,Tribune News Service