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03.04.2024
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of 'Baba Bulleh Shah - A Selection Of His Punjabi Poetry.'
Baba Bulleh Shah was a Sufi poet who lived near Lahore at the turn of the 17th Century. His poetry and his belief is that Truth is to be found in all Faiths.
He lived at a time of great strife between the Mughal rulers and Sikhs of Punjab and tried to persuade different communities to live together. He rejected differences due to religion, colour, gender or caste and was a supporter of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh.
His poetry was written in Gurmukhi Punjabi, in the form of kafis or quatrains and poems. In this book, the author, Dr. Wasim Ahmed, has translated 40 such quatrains and poems, to present them in Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi, together with transliteration of the original Punjabi, and new translations in English.
OUT 25th April, 2024
Author: Dr. Wasim Ahmed
Format: Softback, 180 pages
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28.03.2024
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of 'Finding Your Inner Power.'
'Finding Your Inner Power' follows the story of Little Miss Kaur and Little Mr Singh, brother and sister, who to find the superpowers that they see on TV and hear about it books. But they fail to succeed and quickly loose their confidence. Their parents then remind them about their inner superpowers and provide suggests on how to find them.
This book has been made to empower young people of their inner strength. To remind young people that the superpowers they see and read about are nothing compared to the superpowers they already have. To explore the values of kindness, strength and determination.
OUT 18th April, 2024
Author: Erenjit Kaur
Format: Softback, 30 pages
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11.03.2024
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of brand new editions of Journey With The Gurus - the ever-popular children's book series from the wonderful Inni Kaur.
Inspired by Bhai Vir Singh's
Guru Nanak Chamatkar, this three volume series is a collection of stories based on the life and travels of Guru Nanak Sahib, complete with full colour original illustrations by Pardeep Singh.
The stories are written in a stye and language that are child-friendly. Every volume in the series contains a varying number of chapters, each one ending with a section titled 'Discussion Points' for the whole family to learn and grow from.
Inni Kaur has done an amazing job in narrating events from Sikh history in a way that is relatable and engaging for children aged 7+ and this series would make for the perfect gift to ensure the next generation continues to connect with and be inspired by the stories of Guru Nanak Sahib.
The book is out on Vaisakhi - 14th April, 2024, with PRE ORDERS available now.
OUT 14th April, 2024
Author: Inni Kaur
Format: Softback
Volume One - 172 pages
Volume Two - 180 pages
Volume Three - 170 pages
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23.02.2024
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of 'Bibi Gulab Kaur - Defying An Empire.'
Set against the backdrop of British-occupied Panjab in 1914, ‘Bibi Gulab Kaur – Defying An Empire’ is a stirring novel inspired by true events from the life of Gulab Kaur, a Sikh revolutionary who became a symbol of resistance in the fight to remove colonisers from her homeland.
After hearing about the Ghadar Movement, an organization formed in Stockton, California with the sole intent of overthrowing British rule in Panjab, Gulab decides to return to Panjab from the Philippines to help liberate her homeland. Her intelligence, leadership, and bravery propel her as she engages in covert operations, rallying speeches, and rigorous recruitment campaigns.
The novel captures the essence of a woman who risked everything for Panjab’s freedom, weaving together a narrative of courage, sacrifice, and the relentless pursuit of freedom in the face of overwhelming odds. This novel is a tribute to a forgotten heroine and her undying spirit that continues to inspire generations.
OUT 8th March, 2024
Author: Ranveer Singh
Format: Softback, 236 pages
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02.02. 2024
Khalis House is pleased to announce the arrival of 'Little Singh and Little Kaur' a wonderful new children's book series from Bhajneek Kaur.
Based on the fun of everyday discoveries that little people find in the natural world, each book is a magical story of learning with an emphasis on Sikh values and teachings.
Join Little Singh and Little Kaur as they learn with Large Singh and Large Kaur and discover the beauty of the world around them.
OUT 29th Feb, 2024 - PRE ORDER TODAY!
Author: Bhajneek Kaur
Format: Softback
Release Date: 29th February, 2024
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09.01. 2024
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of 'A Comprehensive Guide to Punjabi Verbs' - a brand new resource book for students.
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive conjugation guide for Punjabi verbs. It will help students conjugate new verbs themselves, especially irregular ones. For verbs that have irregular past tense forms, the only way to know how to conjugate them is to ask a native speaker, there is no literature in existence for this. Punjabi teachers have also been demanding more resources for years and verb conjugation is something that they desperately need to teach the GCSE and A-level syllabi.
The author is Asa Willougby, a PhD candidate in the department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. Asa's main areas of research focus on language pedagogy, language maintenance, diaspora studies.
Asa has over 4 years’ experience as a language teacher including 3 years teaching Punjabi at King’s College London, two years teaching French, German and Urdu at St Dunstan’s College London, one term teaching Punjabi at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Southall and a number of ongoing years teaching private students.
Asa has also taught Punjabi for the South Asian Summer Language Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison., and worked on curriculum development of Punjabi and French for St Dunstan’s College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Nishkam School.
Author: Asa Willoughby
Format: Softback
Release Date: 15th February, 2024
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12.10. 2023
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of 'History of the Lion Family' - a brand new poetry collection reflecting on Sikh and Punjabi experiences of discrimination spanning from the 1984 Sikh genocide to modern day Canada.
The author is Canada based Ghuntas Aulakh who believes there is a stigma against speaking about the 1984 genocide and the trauma our people suffered. This is a result of decades of government propaganda that taught Sikhs to stay silent in fear of being jailed - or worse, killed.
With the generations that lived through it growing older, Aulakh is passionate about documenting our history. More importantly, the need to document our emotions in regards to our experiences. These emotions are captured in this profoundly deep poetry book which will serve to convey the collective Sikh and Punjabi journey.
Author: Ghuntas Aulakh
Format: Softback
Release Date: 1st November, 2023
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03.10. 2023
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of 'I Can Rise' - a brand new children’s book which encompasses mindfulness with Sikh history.
The story follows two Sikh children, Sewa Singh and Simran Kaur, as they discover they can rise to any challenge by discovering true stories from Sikh history and be in chardikala - ever rising spirits
This book aims to spark great conversations with children by caregivers as it links Sikh history to everyday situations and emotions. The book has been created to remind children that no matter what they may go through in life, they can always find answers and strength from Sikhi.
Author: Parminder Kaur
Format: Softback
Release Date: 27th November, 2023
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01.09. 2023
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of ‘ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੰਖੇਪ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ' | 'A Brief History of Sikhs in America’ by California based Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal.
Written in Gurmukhi, this short book covers over 100 years of Sikhs living in the US. Singh diligently charts Sikh migration, resistance and activism that has shaped the Sikh experience in America.
Singh currently sits on the Executive Committee of Stockton Gurdwara, California. He is also the Gurdwara's Historian and is currently completing his PhD.
OUT NOW!
Author: Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal
Format: Softback
Release Date: 21st September, 2023
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15.05. 2023
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of ‘My Little Book of Mantars’ by the author who brought you ‘Tales of Akaal’, Bhajneek Kaur.
Aimed at children aged 2+, this 16-page hardback book is written in English, with simple yet colourful illustration by Saran Kaur.
Inspired by Sikhi, the book guides young children through mantars such as ‘vaheguru’, ‘satnam’ and the ‘mool mantar’. ‘My Little Book of Mantars’ is a wonderful introduction for young children into the world of Sikh mantars.
Author: Bhajneek Kaur @thesaffronkavi
Illustration: Saran Kaur
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 29th June, 2023
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09.05. 2023
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming arrival of ‘Bhujang’, our very first graphic novel! We know many of you have been eagerly awaiting this news, and well the wait is almost over!
Written in English, ‘Bhujang’ is a brand-new graphic novel aimed at teens and young adults. Complete with full colour illustrations, the graphic novel follows the story of Mahtaab Kaur, who is tasked by her elders with locating the Khalsa Fauj (army) and its commander, Banda Singh Bahadur, so that she can hand-deliver a letter.
Author: Jungfateh Singh @echoes_of_mutiny
Illustration: Marts Manlutac
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 15th June, 2023
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03.02. 2023
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming arrival of our very first children’s book series! We know many of you have been requesting children’s books, and well the wait is almost over!
Written in Panjabi and English, ‘Tales of Akaal’ is a brand new four part children’s bilingual book series aimed at 2-5 year olds. Complete with full colour illustrations, each short story presents how various animals, from a bumblebee to a fox, interact with their natural surroundings.
Inspired by Sikh thought and the symbiotic relationship between Creation and the Creator, ‘Tales of Akaal’ will capture your child’s imagination as they learn how the animal kingdom moves in unison to the rhythm of Akaal’s play.
Author: Bhajneek Kaur @thesaffronkavi
Illustration: Joanne Lister
Format: Paperback
Release Date: Early 2023
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06.01. 2023
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of our brand-new fiction poetry book ‘There Is A Home In All Of Us’
Based in Pindi Balochan, Panjab, the story follows Aman, a young man, who returns home, floating in a water body and badly injured. Once he comprehends being back in his village, he learns that his own father is healing him back to life, knowing that his son was almost killed by the gangs he was once involved with and for whom he had run away from home when he was a teenager. This tale of culture, lineage, and character is set up against the backdrop of Panjab and its many facets.
The release date is 2nd March 2023.
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25.11. 2022
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming release of our brand-new short novel, ‘Shaheed Akali Baba Deep Singh.’
‘Shaheed Akali Baba Deep Singh’ is a short novel about one of the most revered martyrs in Sikh History.
Inspired by true events, as recorded in pre-colonial Sikh texts, the story charts the rise of Baba Deep Singh from a young boy to the formidable warrior that he became under the direct leadership of Guru Gobind Singh ji.
The life and sacrifice of Baba Deep Singh has served as an inspiration for many generations throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th century. We hope the next generation of youth feel equally empowered by this novel.
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23.08. 2022
Bansavalinama (English translation)
Khalis House is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of an original English translation of Kesar Singh Chibbar’s Bansavalinama (1769).
Bansavalinama is an important pre-colonial Sikh text which details accounts from the lives of the 10 Guru Sahiban, Banda Singh Bahadur, Mata Sahib Deva and the Khalsa Panth. We are working with a native speaker of Braj Bhasha to publish a English interpretation of this importance 18th century Sikh book.
To our knowledge this will be the first full English translation of the text. We hope it will serve as a resource for researchers and educators, and allow for further discourse.
The manuscript is currently being worked on and an official UK release date will be announced very soon. More updates available on IG - @bansavalinama
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25th February, 2022
Khalis House is pleased to announce ‘A Tale of Time’, the fantastic debut novella by UK based Harmanjit Kaur Sidhu, will be out on 15th March, 2022.
Harmanjit is a graduate in History from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has a Masters in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London.
This story follows Raj who doesn’t believe in much anymore- in fate, or his faith- not since his younger brother was killed in a tragic accident. His plan for his summer holidays is to keep his head down, and enjoy the relative peace of Oxford without having to deal with his university classmates and other good-intentioned well-wishers.
But his plans are interrupted with the arrival of a mysterious stranger. Raj, along with his best friend Roop, are thrown in to a world of government spies, a stolen museum artefact, and then eventually- in to the very past itself, as they find themselves in a tumultuous 18th-century Punjab.
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6th January 2022
Khalis House is pleased to announce 'For The Sake Of It', the thrilling debut novel by US based Ekjoatroop Kaur will be out on 3rd February, 2022.
Ekjoatroop Kaur is a Sikh American writer based in Kansas, Missouri. This book is a dystopian novel set in the years after the third world war. America is grappling with the aftermath of its loss. People are segregated based on colour, race and religion. Meher, a Sikh American teenager, is torn away from her family as the powerful Generals send the imperfect into camps.
Now nothing more than a slave, Meher struggles to survive as she grapples with the core foundation of her identity.
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20th September 2021
Khalis House is pleased to announce On Wings Of Words, the amazing debut poetry collection from Dr. Parvinder Mehta will be out on 21st October 2021.
Parvinder Mehta is a Sikh American poet with a Ph.D in English (Wayne State University, USA) on Asian American women’s writings.
Drawn from a conglomeration of emotions evoked by pain, trauma, injustice and loss, as well as reflections from acceptance, love, forgiveness, and affirmation, Parvinder’s poems recall the experiences of a diasporic subject.
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13th September 2021
To celebrate the Gurpurab of Sri Guru Nanak Sahib, we're pleased to announce 'Pātshāhī Mehimā: Revisiting Sikh Sovereignty’ by Ranveer Singh will be published on 19th November 2021.
Starting with the arrival of Gurū Nānak Sāhib, the book charts the revolutionary rise of the Sikh Panth covering over five hundred and fifty years of history. Ranveer Singh presents how the Gurū Sāhibān proactively created new paradigms of existence that offered a liberating alternative to the clutches of totalitarian and oppressive power structures built and tied to haumai.
The book sheds light on how the rise of Sikh consciousness was at the nucleus of this transformation, but integral to this process was the doctrine of Sikh sovereignty, which Ranveer Singh maintains, is what allowed the praxis of Gurmat to exist independently through the standing of Gurū’s Darbār, and the manifestations of Sikh Rāj that followed.
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19th March 2021
Khalis House is pleased to announce the arrival of ‘Ancient Jewels of Wisdom’.
'Ancient Jewels of Wisdom' is the second installment of 52 Panjabi Proverbs from author Kuljit Kaur. The book builds on the theme of celebrating the ਸਾਂਝਾ (Shared), or ਮਾਹਾ (Great) Panjab, and the joint cultural heritage of its descendants. The book is a collection of Panjabi Proverbs, complete with transliteration in Shahmukhi, and translation in English.
‘Ancient Jewels of Wisdom’ is set for release on 8th April 2021.
Pre-orders are now available on the Khalis House website.
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18th January 2021
Khalis House Publishing is pleased to announce the arrival of its first short novel entitled ‘Warrior Queen: Rani Sada Kaur’, by Ranveer Singh.
This new publication is a short novel about Rani Sada Kaur, one of the most charismatic and courageous leaders to have emerged in Sikh History.
‘Warrior Queen: Rani Sada Kaur’, is a captivating read about the hidden role of a single mother who overcomes personal loss and hardship to raise an army, galvanise her peoples, and guide a young Ranjit Singh to become the famed ‘Lion of Panjab’.
‘Warrior Queen: Rani Sada Kaur’ is set for release on 11th February 2021.
Pre-orders are now available on the Khalis House website.
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24th July 2020
KhalisHouse is pleased to announce the arrival of its first publication, by Kuljit Kaur Bhamrah entitled ‘Ancient Nuggets of Wisdom’.
'Ancient Nuggets of Wisdom' is a celebration of
ਸਾਂਝਾ (Shared), or
ਮਾਹਾ (Great)
Panjab, and the joint cultural heritage of its descendants. The book is a collection of
Panjabi Proverbs, complete with transliteration in
Shahmukhi, and translation in English, presented in a beautifully crafted book that will add a touch of elegance to any bookcase.
Containing 52
Panjabi Proverbs, 'Ancient Nuggets of Wisdom' provides a wonderful insight into the meaning of everyday phrases that were once spoken across undivided
Panjab. The author,
Kuljit Kaur, has added context based on the knowledge imparted by her elders and further commentary based on her own understanding and experience gained from living in
Panjab.
Whether you're seeking to learn about a new culture, reconnect with your own roots, or simply enjoy the wisdom of Panjabi Proverbs with family and friends, this book is one to treasure and preserve for generations to come.
The book is set for its UK release on 1st September 2020, however pre-orders can be made via the KhalisHouse online store
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