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Amandeep Sandhu (Punjabi: ਅਮਨਦੀਪ ਸੰਧੂ, born 1973) is a Punjabi writer and journalist who writes in English. His second novel Roll of Honour was nominated for Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction in 2013.[1]

Amandeep Sandhu
Amandeep Sandhu in 2013
Native name
ਅਮਨਦੀਪ ਸੰਧੂ
Born1973
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Hyderabad
GenreNovel

Biography


Sandhu was born in a Sikh family in Rourkela, Odisha in 1973. He did a master's degree in English Literature from the University of Hyderabad.[2] He then did a Diploma in Journalism from Asian School of Journalism.[3]

In 2013, he joined Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany for a 2-year fellowship.[4]

His journalism has appeared in The Caravan[5] and The Hindustan Times.[6]


Works



Sepia Leaves (2008)


Sepia Leaves is a semi-autobiographical novel[7] set in 1970s when emergency was declared by then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi and the protagonist is growing up in Rourkela and his mother has schizophrenia.[8]


Roll of Honour (2012)


Roll of Honour is a semi-autobiographical novel which tells the story of Appu who studies at a military boarding school in the fictional town of Jassabad in Punjab in 1984.[9][10]

This novel was translated into Punjabi by Daljit Ami under the title "Gwah De Fanah Hon Ton Pahilan".


Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines (2019)


Panjab Sandhu's first work of non-fiction in which he looks at the past and present of Punjab, India in the backdrop of Green revolution, Emergency, Punjab insurgency and the present.[11] The book was long-listed for the NIF-Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Award 2020[12] and was shortlisted for the Atta Galatta-BLF Non Fiction Prize 2020.[13]

Punjabi translation of the book, Punjab : Jinhan Rahan Di Main Saar Na Janan, was published in January 2022.[14]


Bravado to Fear to Abandonment (2020)


Bravado to Fear to Abandonment: Mental Health and the COVID-19 Lockdown is an e-book by Sandhu that was published in August 2020. The book highlights that importance of mental health and explores the effects of lockdown in India.[15]


References


  1. Staff Reporter (2014-01-14). "Anees Salim bags The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  2. "Amandeep Singh Sandhu". Akademie Schloss Solitude. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  3. "sikhchic.com | The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Engaging With Life: Amandeep Singh Sandhu". sikhchic.com. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  4. "Amandeep Singh Sandhu". Akademie Schloss Solitude. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  5. "Amandeep Sandhu | The Caravan". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  6. "Lockdown Diaries: Punjab; standing between hunger and India by Amandeep Sandhu". Hindustan Times. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  7. Goyal, Anuradha (2010-01-08). "Sepia Leaves by Amandeep Sandhu". Anu Reviews. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  8. Sarin, Alok (2009-01-01). "Not to be loose shunted". Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 51 (1): 71. doi:10.4103/0019-5545.44915. ISSN 0019-5545. S2CID 35367656.
  9. Balakrishnan, Uday (2012-12-15). "The need to remember". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  10. "When a turban defined militancy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  11. "In his new book, Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines, author Amandeep Sandhu touches upon Punjab's disquiet". The Indian Express. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  12. "Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize longlist includes a diverse range of non-fiction work on India". The Indian Express. 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  13. "Shortlist | Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2020". agblfprize.in. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  14. "Punjab : Jinhan Rahan Di Main Saar Na Janan". Singh Brothers. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  15. Sandhu, Amandeep (2020-08-06). Bravado to Fear to Abandonment: Mental Health and the COVID-19 Lockdown (1st ed.). Westland.



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