ਮਾਰੂਥਲ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ Maruthal Da Pani

S. Nakshdeep Panjkoha’s name is Gurdeep Singh, and “Nakshdeep Panjkoha” is his nickname. He was born at village Panjkohe district Fatehgarh Sahib. He received his higher education from Mata Gujri College Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab University Chandigarh and Punjabi University Patiala. After some time, he went to teach as an English lecturer in Addis Ababa, but after 1986 he moved to America. The passion for writing was there in him from the childhood ; His poems and stories were published in Aarsi, Lakir, Preetlarhi, Punjabi Tribune and Nawan Jamana. He has written 11 Punjabi novels so far; The first novel “Va Varoleyan De Naal” in which lust-weakness was expressed as a disease, and that novel was written while living here in Panjab. Many people considered it just to be a story of flirty relations and did not understand its essence. He never stopped writing even while living in America He never let break the habit of writing one or two pages and sometimes 10 pages every day. His closeness lasted for decades with the great Punjabi novelist Sukhbir, Bombay, who remained an inspiration to him. Nowadays, he is in the state of California, USA, where he worked for some time as a technician in a factory where computer drives were made, and then went into business. After selling the business five years later, he continued working in an electronics company as a manager. All other novels like “Sanjha Dukh”, “Paar Banaye Ahlene”, “Girvi Hoye Mann”, “Darkhton Tutte Patte”, “Sulagdi Agg” “Lal Lakeeron Paar”, “Talwar dee dhaar ‘Te ”, “Tilkan”, “Saath Saath” and “Surj Dee Dhee” were written while living in America. The novel “Sulagdi Agg” is more than a revenge story; it expresses the fact that whatever emotion arises in us, it remains strong only when it arises, but circumstances and time have the power to cool it down. A poetry collection “Raat Di Kukh” and ” Khamoshi” were also published, in which some of the included poems were written while living here in Punjab and some were written in America. He also wrote a book of essays on some famous poems, He became more known in Punjabi literature because of his novel “Girvi Hoye Mann” which is related to the mutual opposition of each race and caste system through which he expressed the existence of two minds within everyone. This novel is included in the Punjabi Syllabus of Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar and Punjabi University Patiala. This novel has been translated into English and is being translated into Hindi as well. He spent 9-10 years translating “Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji” into English and based on that he wrote 4 books in English like “Guru Message, The Ultimate Freedom”, “Guru Nanak In His Own Words”, “A Self Portrait: Bhagat Kabir” and “Who Does Live Within?”  “In essence translation” is being published in 5 volumes of the verses of different gurus and Bhagatas. The Bani of Guru Nanak Sahib has been published in “In essence The Bani Of Guru Nanak Sahib Volume I-II”. Nakshdeep Panjkoha wants to be associated with all those personalities who are engaged in any art, pure literature creation and its honest criticism because he thinks that such personalities are close to his heart. According to him, being awarded with the Muhandra award is a great achievement He is happy that it was a total surprize। Thanks to  Dr Joginder Singh Nirala and his companions, who  are keeping  S. Pritam Singh Rahi’s  idea alive .