Shiv Kumar was a born poet who migrated from the poetic region of Sialkot to Batala at the most miserable moment of human history. It was the Independence of the sub-continent in 1947 - the dreadful, painful, horrible, miserable, devastating, slaughtering and marauding phenomenon, which bisected the trouble stricken North India. The pangs of separation are recurrent themes of this great lyricist of the land. He has been hailed as one of the great poets of all times.

Sandeep chetanye, a young upcoming talent in the limelight is on his way to release his latest book “Sulagti Yadden”. Sandeep belongs to ludhiana in punjab and has been contributing to various publications locally and at the international level from a long time.

As a writer some of his books like Beautifying India, Beautiful Trees and Gardens, History of Indian Agriculture (4 vols), Developing Village India, Farmers of India (4 vols, in collaboration) nine collections of Kangra, Basoli and Chamba paintings, four collections of folksongs of Punjab, Kangra, Kullu and Haryana are of lasting value.

Kartar Singh Duggal (b. 1917) is a brilliant Punjabi writer. A master craftsman, Duggal has penned several novels, short stories, plays and poems. He remains unparalleled in Punjabi literature for having fictionalised landmark events in the contemporary history of India.