Dalip Kaur Tiwana
Dalip Kaur Tiwana’s Punjabi fiction grew from study and writing in Patiala. Her interviews and an editor’s reading connect narrative craft with women’s lives.
Patiala
Lives & ideas
People.
Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Dalip Singh Saund: farmer, judge and US representative
Discover the Punjabi-born farmer, judge and US representative.
Punjab and California
Dara Singh
Dara Singh combined a wrestling career with Punjabi and Hindi films and later served in India’s Rajya Sabha.
Amritsar district and India
Darshan Singh Awara
Darshan Singh Awara’s Punjabi poetry joins questions of freedom with social criticism. A signed 1940 preface offers a contemporary reading of his work.
Punjab
Dev Anand
Trace Dev Anand’s early Punjab connections, the Navketan film company and his role in Guide.
Gurdaspur, Lahore and Mumbai
Dhani Ram Chatrik
Dhani Ram Chatrik’s poetry drew on everyday Punjabi and social concerns. His printing work and a later named typeface connect literary and material culture.
Amritsar
Dharmendra
Hindi film actor Dharmendra grew up in Punjab’s Ludhiana district and worked across drama, action and comedy.
Ludhiana district and Mumbai
Didar Sandhu: Punjabi folk songs and duets
Punjabi singer and songwriter Didar Sandhu recorded folk songs and duets with fellow performers.
Punjab and beyond
Didar Singh Bains: Punjabi American farmer in California
Didar Singh Bains moved from Nangal Khurd in Hoshiarpur district to California, where he became a farmer and community figure.
Punjab and California
Diljit Dosanjh
Read about Diljit Dosanjh’s work on Amar Singh Chamkila and his 2024 performances in Mumbai and Glasgow.
Punjab and the Punjabi diaspora
Divya Dutta: actor, author and Ludhiana connections
Discover actor and author Divya Dutta’s connections to Ludhiana and Indian cinema.
Punjab and the wider region
Diwan Dina Nath: accounts, finance and survival through political change
Dina Nath rose from a writer in the military accounts to a senior finance official. His career crossed the reigns of several maharajas, British supervision and the annexation of Punjab.
Delhi and Lahore
Fahmida Riaz
Fahmida Riaz published through Lahore’s Funoon and worked for BBC Urdu. Her interviews link literary purpose with a distinctive approach to language.
Lahore connections
Faiz Ahmad Faiz: love, imprisonment and public poetry
Faiz recast the language of Urdu love poetry through social justice, journalism, prison and international cultural work.
Sialkot, Amritsar, Lahore, Karachi and Beirut
Fakhar Zaman
Punjabi poet and novelist Fakhar Zaman discussed literary institutions in interviews and helped organise literary conferences.
Punjab
Fakir Azizuddin: medicine, Persian correspondence and diplomacy at Lahore
Azizuddin became a trusted physician and diplomatic representative of Ranjit Singh. His work linked the court’s Persian paperwork with negotiations across Punjab’s political frontiers.
Lahore; diplomatic missions across Punjab and to British representatives
Fakir S. Aijazuddin: Lahore and Sikh art history
Read about author and art historian Fakir S. Aijazuddin’s research on Lahore and Sikh-era portraits.
Punjab and the wider world
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah’s life joined dentistry, welfare and opposition politics. Her professional work and 1964–65 campaign extended beyond her famous family role.
Pakistan and earlier Bombay
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