Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
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Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon ( born 1969-) is the first British Born English-Punjabi to write in the Punjabi language. He uses Gurumukhi script to write Panjabi Poems, Short Stories and Novels. He is the first to have a Punjabi Novel written in Diaspora Punjabi published in the west, specifically aimed at the UK GCSE Market. The idea was to write a Punjabi story that western born Punjabis could relate to. This novel is Nila Noor, the first of its kind.
Rupinder Dhillon has also written English poems, published in local Poetry Magazines, and Annexation, a novel about the Punjab of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, just prior to Annexation by the British. He is a secular writer who has trancsended the Radcliffe Line, and created Characters both from India and Pakistan as well as Europe.
He was interviewed by Desi Radio at the beginning of February 2006. The most interesting thing about this interview was how a primarily English speaking and writing individual taught himself Punjabi at home, and within a couple of years was able to write in it. He is a part of a Risorgemento of Punjabi LitArt in the UK, which includes Amarjeet Bolla, a UK born and bred Punjabi Singer-writer, Ajit Khera, producer of Desi Radio, and Parminder Chadha a performance artist.
Rupinderpal was born in West London, and brought up in Southall and Hounslow. Later on he moved to Buckinghamshire, where he began writing voraciously in English. He then changed direction and studied at Oxford Brookes University and DeMontfort, obtaining a Management Degree and a Masters in Design and Manufacture. He then pursued a career in Accounting. During this time he was married and began Annexation ( published on the net for free by Sikhspectrum), a path which led him to be interested in his Punjabi heritage, finally resulting in Nila Noor.
He has also written a Sci - Fi story in Punjabi (rumoured to be an audio recording, as many British Punjabis can not read Punjabi) and is presently compiling a Dispora Punjabi Thesaurus, which is in Latin, Gurumukhi and Shahmukhi scripts.
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- http://www.5abi.com/kahani/kahaniU/030305_siso-U(rupinderpal-dhillo).htm
- http://www.mahapunjab.org/guest/rdhillon/index.html
- http://sikh-heritage.co.uk/writers/new%20writers/new%20writers.html
- http://www.sikhspectrum.com/052006/chenab/1.htm
- http://www.likhari.org/jhelum.htm
BBC - Asian Network - Nikki BediDebut novelist Rupe Dhillon talks about his self-published Punjabi book, Nila Noor, Raj "The Hitman" Hundal picks six songs and Raj Kamal Jha tells Nikki ... www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/nikki_bedi/ - 42k - Cached - Similar pages proves this guy is legit
