SCIENTIFIC TEMPERAMENT HELPS MAKE LITERARY WRITINGS REPLETE WITH LOGIC: DR. PATAR

LUDHIANA, MAY 27:-----



Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has been a work place for eminent literary stalwarts. This is because PAU has always promoted culture alongwith agriculture. This was stated by renowned Punjabi poet, and recipient of Saraswati Puraskar, Dr. Surjit Patar, a former Professor of Punjabi at PAU, while addressing the gathering of littérateurs in the Centre for Communication and International Linkages for observing the birth anniversary of Devinder Satyarthi. Dr. Patar also released a special issue of the literary Punjabi magazine, Trishanku, carrying selected poems of eminent scientists, namely, world renowned wheat scientist Dr. Bikram Gill, eminent crop breeder, Dr. Gurmel Sidhu, biotechnologist, Dr. Gursharan Randhawa, veterinary scientists, Dr. Pradeep Bose, Dr. Balbir B.S. Dhaliwal and Dr. Sukhpal, computer scientists, Ajmer Rode and Surinder Dhanjal, crop pathologist, Dr. Jagtar Singh Dhiman, nematologist Dr. Amarjit Tanda, child specialist, Dr. Ravinder Batala and others. Dr. Sukhchain Mistry, a plant breeder poet, who has edited the poems of these scientists said that he could also get hold of poems by Albert Einstein and got translated by Amarjit Chandan for the magazine. He observed that the scientists having a poet in them touched various sensitivities of life.



Dr. Patar said that Devinder Satyarthi eagerly interacted with students and teachers and after visiting places at Patiala, Patti and Amritsar always made it a point to visit PAU. He always tried to search for new effective words to describe the real worth of emotions. Dr. Patar said that Devinder Satyarthi will always be remembered through his novels, stories, poems and research on folk literature. He said that the composition of literature by scientists is welcome as scientific temperament helps make literary writings replete with logic.





Editor, Punjabi, Mr. Gurbhajan Singh Gill shared his reminiscences of Devinder Satyarthi and said that he had a tall stature as far as the description of human psyche and sensitivities were concerned. He said that the student members of PAU Young Writers Association will be involved in observing the anniversaries of great littérateurs that Punjab had produced.



The Additional Director of Communication, Dr. Jagtar Singh Dhiman said that it was a unique effort to publish poems of scientists with diverse backgrounds in the special issue of Trishanku. PAU has always nurtured the poets with its serene ambience and food for thought and observed that the scientific approach for literary pursuits was desirable. Present on the occasion were: Dr. Guriqbal Singh, Prof. Karam Singh Sandhu, Dr. Manu Sharma Sohal, Dr. Jagdish Kaur, Dr. Gulzar Pandher, Prof. Santokh Singh Aujla, Dr. Nirmal Jaura, Dr. Balbir B.S.Dhaliwal, Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Tirlochan Jhande and others.
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