BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
JASWANT BHARTI – A YOUNG TALENTED WRITER
BORN AT VILLAGE SULEMPURA OF DISTRICT LUDHIANA IN PUNJAB, JASWANT SINGH HAS ACHIEVED FAME AS HIS POETIC NAME JASWANT BHARTI. HIS FATHER MR. RAM SINGH IS A LABOURER & MOTHER MRS. MANJIT KAUR IS A HOUSE WIFE. HE HAS THREE BROTHERS & THREE SISTERS. HE IS AN M.A., M. LIB. SCIENCE & PROFESSIONALLY A LIBRARIAN. HE IS LEADIND A LIFE FULL OF SIMPLICITY. HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY SAHIR LUDHIANVI, HE STARTED COMPOSING ROMANTIC, DEVOTIONAL AND REVOLUTIONARY POEMS AT THE AGE OF 17 WHILE STUDYING IN 10+1.
HIS POETRY INFUSED A NEW SPIRIT IN THE CONCEPT OF NATIONALISM. HE WANTS EVERY PERSON TO BE READY TO ‘DO OR DIE’ FOR THE SAKE OF MANKIND. HIS STRUGGLING LIFE FIGHTS AGAINST THE BARRIERS OF CASTE & CREED AND INHUMAN ACTIVITIES. HE IS DEDICATED HEART & SOUL TO THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY. HE IS FULL OF COMPASSION NOT ONLY FOR THE POOR AND DOWNTRODDEN BUT FOR BIRDS, ANIMALS & NATURE. HIS LYRICS BEAUTIFULLY CONVEY THE MESSAGE OF LOVE:
mOjy-Sbwb hY Clky QoVw krIb Aw jw
bdl jwX myry mwQy kw nsIb Aw jw
qumhwry eSk myN jW dyny kw erwdw hY
hwQ myN ly ky qU slIb Aw jw
(MAUJ-E-SHABAB HAI CHHALKE THORHA KARIB AA JAA
BADAL JAYE MERE MAATHE KA NASEEB AA JAA
TUMHARE ISHQ MEIN JAAN DENE KA IRADA HAI
HAATH MEIN LE KE TU SALEEB AA JA)
BESIDES POETRY, HE HAS WRITTEN DIFFERENT FORMS OF PROSE ALSO. HIS WRITINGS ARE AMPLE PROOF OF HIS DYNAMIC IMAGINATION AND VIVIDITY OF APPROACH TO A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS. AS A PROGRESSIVE WRITER, HE IS ALWAYS READY TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE OF LOYALITY, HONESTY, TRUTHFULLNESS & NON-VIOLENCE. HIS LARGEHEARTEDNESS FOR THE GLOBAL WELFARE SHOWS IN HIS CREATIONS. HIS HEART IS FULL OF DEVOTIONAL & RELIGIOUS TONES, UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD AND NATURAL TOLERANCE. HE EXPLAINS THE CRUELITY OF CRUEL RULERS AND MISERIES & HELPLESSNESSES OF THE POOR:
gujrw hY ijs BI Ahd sy SwhoN kw kwrvW
krqw gXw grIboN kI bs`qI ko bXwbW
lg jwqy hYN qwly vhW py sbkI jubW ko
clqy hYN hukmrwnoN ky jhW mohr AOr inSW
(GUZRA HAI JIS BHI AHAD SE SHAHON KA KARVAAN
KARTA GAYA GARIBON KI BASTI KO BIYABAAN
LAGG JATE HAIN TAALE WAHAN PE SABKI ZUBAN KO
CHALTE HAIN HUKMRANO KE JAHAN MOHAR AUR NISHAN)
HIS PERFORMANCES AS AN EDITOR, PUBLISHER, TEACHER AND ANCHOR ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE. HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF POETRY ‘AMAANAT’ WAS PUBLISHED IN 1995 & GOT A CASH PRIZE OF RS.11,000/- BY THE GOVT. OF PUNJAB. HIS SECOND WORK WAS PUBLISHED UNDER THE CAPTION ‘CHAANAN DULDA GIYA’ IN 2005 ALSO REWARDED WITH SANT VISAKHA SINGH MEMORIAL AWARD. HUNDREDS OF HIS WRITINGS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN TOP MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS. HE EDITED A WEEKLY PUNJABI NEWSPAPER ‘JAN-KARUNA’. AS A RESPONSIBLE EDITOR, HE CARRIED FORWARD HIS AIM OF CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS PUBLIC AWRENESS & HUMAN VALUES THROUGH JORNALISM. MUNISH SARGAM’S BOOK ‘NAINI KHAB PIROYE’ & MASTER MOHINDER SINGH SIDHU’S COLLECTION ‘PHULL ATE KANDE’ HAVE ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED BY HIM. HIS VERSES GENTLY WRITE ABOUT UNIVERSAL TRUTHS:
igrqy nhIN qwry jmIN py Awsmwn sy
lOty n kBI qIr jo inkly kmwn sy
(GIRTE NAHIN TAARE ZAMIN PE AASMAAN SE
LAUTE NA KABHI TEER JO NIKLE KAMAAN SE)
Awj ko BUlky kl ky spny hr en`swn sjwE
Awj ko lyikn jo phcwny vo dwinSmNd khlwE
(AAJ KO BHOOL KE KAL KE SAPNE HAR INSAAN SAJAYE
AAJ KO LEKIN JO PEHCHAANE WO DANISHMAND KEHLAYE)
FREE FROM NARROWPAROCHIALISM, HE PREACHES UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD ON PRACTICAL GROUNDS & OFTEN TEACHES THE STUDENTS & READERS HOW TO BE IN COMMUNION WITH NATURE & BRING THEMSELVES MORE CLOSELY TO IT THROUGH TENDER FEELING & SACRED LOVE EMANATING FROM HIS WRITINGS. HE HAS WRITTEN A NUMBER OF HYMNS ALSO. MAY GOD BLESS HIM WITH PROSPERITY !!
-MUNISH SARGAM
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