Lecture series on Bhagtas and Sufi Saints

November, 27th 2020 : Lecture on Bhakti Tradition in South India by Prof. N. Muthumohan (Formerly at Centre on Studies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar), Chair: Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri (Former Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, N.D.), Convenor: Dr. Rawail Singh. It was live webcast. >>Report>>

October, 30th 2020 : Lecture on Vachna Expression in the Context of Indian Bhakti by Prof.H.S.Shiva Prakash (Formerly at School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi), Chair: Prof.Indra Nath Choudhuri (Former Secretary Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi), Convenor: Dr. Rawail Singh. It was live webcast. >>Report>>

September, 25th 2020 : Lecture on Interaction Between the Sant and the Sufi Tradition by Prof. Shahabuddin Iraqi (Former Chairman, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, AMU, Aligarh), Chair: Prof. Harjeet Singh Gill (Professor Emeritus, JNU, New Delhi), Convenor: Dr. Rawail Singh. It was live webcast. >>Report>>

August, 28th 2020 : Lecture on Unity of Minds among the Bhagats of Guru Granth Sahib by S.Sukhdev Singh Shant, Chair: Dr.(Mrs.) H.K.Sagoo, Convenor: Dr.Rawail Singh. It was live webcast.

July, 31st 2020 : Lecture on Understanding dialects of universe through Bani of Sant Namdev by Shri Des Raj Kali (Eminent Journalist, Novelist & Documentary Film Maker), Chair: Prof.Jagbir Singh (Former Head, Department of Punjabi, University of Delhi), Convenor: Dr. Rawail Singh. It was live webcast. >>Report>>

June, 26th 2020 : Lecture on Social Vision of Guru Ravidas Prof. Rajkumar Hans (Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, History, Alumnus | Researcher, Writer and Cultural Activist), Convenor: Dr. Rawail Singh. It was live webcast. >>Report>>

February, 27th 2020 : This year’s lecture series with inaugural lecture on Sant Kabir ka Kaavya Maram (Poetic sensibility of Bhagat Kabir) by Prof. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (Former President, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi), Dr.Manmohan Singh (Former Prime Minister of India & President of the Sadan) presided over the functon and also honoured Prof.Kirpal Kazak (Winner of 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award for his Punjabi Book ''Antheen'') in Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan. >>Report>>

So soon as thou didst love me,
So soon as thou
madest me thine,
So soon as thou madest
me the bee of the lotus
which is thy feet, Then, then,
without a word to me,
Thou didst depart;
And I knew nothing,
my love! Oh,
I knew nothing then!

- Bhai Vir Singh

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