Land of Five RiversKhushwant Singh A selection of heart warming stories reflecting the rich vibrancy and diversity of Punjabi writing selected and translated by Khushwant Singh. Ajeet Caur Amrita Pritam Balwant Gargi Gulzar Singh Sandhu Gurmukh Singh Jeet Kartar Singh Duggal Khushwant Singh Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Krishen Chander Krishen Singh Dhodi Kulwant Singh Virk Rajinder Singh Bedi Saadat Hasan Manto Santokh Singh Dhir Satindra Singh Upendra Nath Ashk Usha Mahajan Yashpal |
Contents
The Night of the Full Moon | |
Gods on Trial | |
The Mahabharata | |
The Blind Alley | |
The Nuptial | |
Happy New Year | |
Common terms and phrases
asked Babaji Bachana Singh bangles Baroo beard beauty began Bhavani Bishen Singh Boota bride brother butter Chamba charpoy chillum courtyard daughter Delbis Delhi door duppatta Eesree Eesree’s eyes face father Fazal Din feet felt Ghulam Rasul girl Guleri gurdwara Guru Gyaniji hair hand Hansen Hazara Hazara Singh head heard heart Hindu husband Inder India Jullundur Kapoor Keshi Khanna kirpan knew Kundan Lahore Lajo Lajwanti Lal’s leave lived looked lunatics Madhukar Malan Manak Minnie Mohalla Moola Singh morning mother Muslims Neera never night Nihangs Noora once Pakistan passenger Punjabi Rahmte replied road round Saadat Sardarji Shahi Mohalla Sikh smile someone Soorma Singh suddenly Sundar Singh Sunder Lal tai Eesree talk thought Toba Tek Singh tonga took turban turned Uncle Bodh Raj Vashisht village voice walked wanted wedding wife woman women words yelled