Amandeep Sandhu was born in Rourkela, Odisha. He completed his Master’s in English Literature from the University of Hyderabad. He worked as a journalist and later as a technical writer.
His first two books were autobiographical fiction: Sepia Leaves (2008) and Roll of Honour (2012). For the past few years, he has written for the media and contributed to anthologies. Panjab: Journeys through Fault Lines is his first non-fiction book.
He is currently a Homi Bhabha Fellow, working on a book on Sikhs outside Panjab but within India.
After 75 years of the Partition, why are the significant sections of Panjabis and the Sikhs feeling estranged? What are the historical, cultural, geopolitical, trade, and economic contexts and realities?
Several new South Asian nation-states were born as the British Raj ended in 1947.