Amandeep Sandhu
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Amandeep Sandhu (born 1973) is a Punjabi writer and journalist who writes in English. His second novel Roll of Honour was nominated for Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction in 2013.[1]
Amandeep Sandhu | |
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Amandeep Sandhu in 2013 | |
| Born | 1973 (age 52–53) |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Hyderabad |
| Genre | Novel |
Biography
Sandhu was born in a Sikh family in Rourkela, Odisha in 1973. He did a master's degree in English Literature from the University of Hyderabad.[2] He then did a Diploma in Journalism from Asian School of Journalism.[3]
In 2013, he joined Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany for a 2-year fellowship.[4] In 2021, he was awarded the Homi Bhabha fellowship for 2022-24.[5][6] He received a New India Foundation Book Fellowship in 2025-26 for his upcoming book Keeping the Faith: Sikhs Who Live Outside Panjab, In India.[7]
His journalism has appeared in The Caravan[8] and The Hindustan Times.[9]
Works
Sepia Leaves (2008)
Sepia Leaves is a semi-autobiographical novel[10] set in 1970s when emergency was declared by then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi and the protagonist is growing up in Rourkela and his mother has schizophrenia.[11]
Roll of Honour (2012)
Roll of Honour is a semi-autobiographical novel which tells the story of Appu who studies at a military boarding school in the fictional town of Jassabad in Punjab in 1984.[12][13]
This novel was translated into Punjabi by Daljit Ami under the title Gwah De Fanah Hon Ton Pahilan.
Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines (2019)
Panjab Sandhu's first work of non-fiction in which he looks at the past and present of Punjab, India in the backdrop of Green revolution, Emergency, Punjab insurgency and the present.[14] The book was long-listed for the NIF-Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Award 2020[15] and was shortlisted for the Atta Galatta-BLF Non Fiction Prize 2020.[16]
Punjabi translation of the book, Punjab: Jinhan Rahan Di Main Saar Na Janan, was published in January 2022. It was translated by Dr. Yadwinder Singh and Mangat Ram.[17]
Bravado to Fear to Abandonment (2020)
Bravado to Fear to Abandonment: Mental Health and the COVID-19 Lockdown is an e-book by Sandhu that was published in August 2020. The book highlights that importance of mental health and explores the effects of lockdown in India.[18]