Author: Satdeep Singh Gill

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Tajinder Singh Virdi, Painter ,Mossel Bay, South Africa

by Satdeep Singh Gill March 15, 2023 0

My father got a job in Kenya in the 80s. He moved to Nairobi and we joined him when I was 10 or 11, I did my high school there. After working in Nairobi for a few... Read more.

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Jaswant Singh Wadhawan, Coppersmith (Thathera), Nabha

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 7, 2022 0

The shop is as old as the city, that’s more than 200 years. When Maharaja Nabha settled this city, he needed the coppersmiths and asked us to move here from a... Read more.

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Tajinder Singh Virdi, Painter ,Mossel Bay, South Africa

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 7, 2022 0

My father got a job in Kenya in the 80s. He moved to Nairobi and we joined him when I was 10 or 11, I did my high school there. After working in Nairobi for a few... Read more.

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Charan Poadhi, Shopkeeper and Artist, Arnoli

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 7, 2022 0

My father has never been of any help. He has always been a tippler and a troublemaker. My grandfather was the complete opposite. He was a hardworking farmer and... Read more.

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Jaswinder Kaur, Sundar Singh Wala, Janitor

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 7, 2022 0

I have been a cleaner and sweeper of cattle dung in almost all the houses of Surastigarh. After 6 months, some households would give me 2 quintal rice, some would... Read more.

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Khairdeen, Watchman, Jandali

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 7, 2022 0

My name is Khairdeen. My story began in 1947 when I started working as a watchman. I had worked as a well digger or a farm labourer. In 1947, there were innumerable... Read more.

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Hussain Ali, Hookah Maker, Malerkotla

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 6, 2022 0

Hookah business is slow these days; it used to be good before 1947. There were eight workshops here, now it’s just me. I was an apprentice with a hookah maker... Read more.

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Balbir Kaur, Dari Maker, Arnauli

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 6, 2022 0

My name is Balbir Kaur. My paternal village is Daghaat near BhadsoN. It was my aunt who taught me this craft. I can do embroidery and knit sweaters. I have done... Read more.

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Kulwant Singh, Photographer, Adampur

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 6, 2022 0

I got married in 1975. That same year I went to Austria. There were a few of us who travelled by road at that time. Eventually, our visas expired after a year. We... Read more.

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Kirpal Singh, Horseshoe maker, Majeetha (Amritsar)

by Satdeep Singh Gill April 6, 2022 0

I am 45 years old now. I passed the 10th grade in 1989 and started making horseshoes in 1990, I must be 15 or 16 years old then. In those days this profession was... Read more.

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Crafted in Panjab