Sikhi Di Atma

What this book is about

Sikhi Di Atma (The Soul of Sikhism) is a collection of writings by the Sikh thinker and scholar Prof. Puran Singh, issued here in three combined parts, translated by Kirpal Singh Kasel and published in 2007 by Lahore Book Shop of Malerkotla. The dedication names him a great Sikh thinker whose imagination and devotion shaped Punjab. The contents list twenty-six items, including his biography Raj Hans, a translation of the Dasam Granth, the soul of Khurbi poetry, the life story of Swami Ram Tirth, verse renderings of Charn Chhap and Anilka, his own poems Gīt Govind, Alif Maqhir and Trivna Sakhiyan, Mala Manake, a dictionary of Ganda poetry, Arshi Larhi, Jagadian Jotain, selected mystical poems under the title Punjab Jiunda Guru De Naan Te, cultural essays gathered under Karnaa Khiria Vich Punjab, the book proper in three parts (the twilight of ages, the song of the soul, and meditation), and shorter pieces on the Guru Shabad, on Tagore, and on Punjabi life and language.