Sohan Singh Misha
Sohan Singh Misha joined Punjabi poetry with radio work in Jalandhar. Critical readings explore his questions about progress, division and human friendship.
Kapurthala; Jalandhar
Lives & ideas
People.
Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Sohan Singh Seetal
Sohan Singh Seetal combined dhadi performance with Punjabi poetry, fiction and historical research. His varied books also helped cultivate young readers.
Kasur; Lahore
Sophia Duleep Singh
Sophia Duleep Singh challenged exclusion through suffrage protest and census resistance. Her recorded public work also extended into unpaid wartime nursing.
London and Isleworth
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Learn about Lahore-born astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and his research on the evolution of stars.
Lahore, Madras and Chicago
Sukhdev Thapar
Sukhdev Thapar was convicted in the Lahore Conspiracy Case. Archival papers and contemporary reporting document the trial and executions.
Punjab
Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat: Punjabi poetry and criticism
Punjabi poet Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat also wrote criticism and fiction; his family moved across Punjab after Partition.
Punjabi literary communities
Sukhwinder Singh
Discover playback singer Sukhwinder Singh’s Punjab connections and his accounts of Chaiyya Chaiyya and Bismil.
Amritsar and Jalandhar
Sultan Bahu: Punjabi verse and the search for a true guide
Sultan Bahu wrote in Persian and Punjabi. His Abyat place spiritual guidance, inner cleansing and devotion within the language of familiar work and love stories.
Shorkot and Jhang, Punjab; Qadiri connections with Delhi
Sultan Rahi
Pakistani actor Sultan Rahi worked in Punjabi and Urdu films, with Maula Jatt a major turning point in his career.
Lahore and Pakistani Punjab
Sunil Dutt
Read about Sunil Dutt’s Partition experience, film career and peace march from Mumbai to Amritsar.
Jhelum district, Ambala and Mumbai
Suraiya
Suraiya sang and acted in Hindi cinema; published accounts differ about her birthplace in Punjab.
Punjab and Bombay
Surinder Kaur: Punjabi song from Lahore Radio to the concert stage
Surinder Kaur brought folk repertoire and modern Punjabi poetry to recordings, cinema and audiences far beyond a household gathering.
Lahore, Delhi, Bombay and international stages
Surinder Shinda
Punjabi singer Surinder Shinda learned music from his father and went on to record and work in film.
Ludhiana, Punjab
Surjit Patar: the personal and political in Punjabi poetry
Patar’s ghazals, plays and television work carried Punjabi literature between intimate experience, public questions and new audiences.
Pattar Kalan and Ludhiana, Punjab
Surjit Singh: Punjab hockey defender
Punjab hockey defender Surjit Singh played for India’s 1975 World Cup-winning team and is remembered for his penalty corners.
Punjab, India
Sushila Nayyar
Sushila Nayyar’s medical career connected Punjab origins, Sevagram service and rural medical education. Institutional histories trace the hospital and college.
Kunjah; Sevagram
Swami Dayanand Saraswati: Arya Samaj and Punjab reform
Arya Samaj founder Dayanand Saraswati visited Punjab in 1877; supporters later built educational institutions in Lahore.
Punjab and beyond
Teja Singh Sutantar: revolutionary and peasant organiser
Revolutionary and peasant organiser Teja Singh Sutantar led the PEPSU Muzara movement and won the Sangrur parliamentary seat in 1971.
Punjab and overseas
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