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December 19, 2019

Topic:- Punjabi Diaspora

She hails from Bhuchar Khurd village in Tarn Taran district of Punjab.
She is well versed in the Cantonese ( the Chinese dialect spoken in Hong Kong region).
There are approximately 12000 Sikhs in Hong Kong.

It shows the talent of the immigrant Punjabi people.
It also reveals the multicultural value system prevailing in the Hong Kong region.
Sukhdeep Kaur’ s inclination towards religious values also shows the resilience of Indian religion and culture.
It is also a good precedent for improving people to people contacts between India and Hong Kong.

The scale of immigration does not bode well for Punjab as it is losing its young population at a rapid pace.
People’ s penchant to move abroad highlights weak economic structure prevailing in the country.

(Source:- The Tribune)

Sahitya Akademi Award has been given to Kirpal Kazak for his work, ANTHEEN ( endless) – a collection of short stories.
He has spent various years with nomadic tribes, conducting Researches into various aspects of their life.
He had also worked for the magazine of Amrita Pritam, Nagmani.
He had also worked with the engineering department of Punjabi University as a mortar mate.
But soon, he found himself in the services of the literary department or studies of the Punjabi University.
He has worked with the nomadic tribes of Punjab and other states.
The tribes such as Sikligars and Gadi Lohars of Punjab have been studied deeply by Kazak.
He thoroughly studied their cultural traits and obtained first-hand information about the tribals by living among them.
He has also worked on Santhals of Jharkhand and Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir.
For his contribution to the Anthropology of Punjab, he is often compared with the British born anthropologist, Verrier Elwin.

(Source:- The Tribune)