Water, drought and desertification in Africa
Sustainability of Water Resources under Increasing Uncertainty (Proceedings of Rabat Symposium S1. April 1997) IAHS Pubi. no. 240, 1997. Water, drought, and desertification in Africa NAGINDER S. SEHMI World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland ZBIGNIEW W. KUNDZEWICZ Os. Raczynxkiega 1/41, 62-020 Swarzedz, Poland Abstract. One of the most pernicious plagues that humankind has always suffered is…
Profile in Trinity News 1963
TRINITY NEWS – A Dublin University Weekly,Thursday 7th February 1963. Price three pence. Profile: Naginder Singh Sehmi When Naginder Singh Sehmi and some of his Sikh friends go into the more remote parts of Ireland they are often besieged by the local female population clamouring for autographs, in the conviction that because they wear turbans they must…
Twisted Turban
TWISTED TURBAN, a multi-stringed novel, based on author’s own life centres on a heart-rending story of hardship and unfulfilled romantic love in a caste-based society. Full of humour and keen observation, it provides an unparalleled insight into the lives of Sikhs in India and the Asian diaspora across Africa, Europe and America. At the same…
Fate of Indra
Fate of Indra: A Thought-Provoking Journey of a Kenyan Indian Using his own Sikh model of traditions and beliefs, the author puts forth intelligent and often critical conversations hinged on an entangled love story that spans decades.This is a recast shorter version of his first book just published in India. Order from The Dogears Bookshop
Travelling Light Legends of an Indian Fakir
Book for all ages
Go along with Baba Nanak, an Indian fakir of the fifteenth century, who travelled through strange lands extending from Arabia to Tibet and Afghanistan to Sri Lanka for twenty-four years. He encountered demons, magicians, cannibal-kings, magician-queens, thieves, and malefactors of all kinds and taught them how live correctly. The real hero is his companion Mardana,…
Meet the Author
I was born on 23 January,1937 in Eldoret, the chief town of Kenya’s Uasin Gishu district located in the high “White” highlands on the western edge of the Great Rift Valley. This region is the home of the famous long-distance runners not known then. After school there I joined the Asian Teachers’ Training College in…
Doyen of the Annual Geneva Escalade Race
Vincent Ulrich of Leman Blue TV found that I was the oldest runner listed in the traditional annual Escalade race of Geneva run on 4 December. He came home with his cameraman and made a vedeo that was broadcast during the weekend escalade festival. He was waiting at the finish line. Imagine my delight when…
The culprit who has made my Earth Sick
By Naginder Sehmi, Geneva, Switzerland Who has made my Earth sick? I’m frightened. I fear that my Earth is going to die soon. Please help me. My brain is traumatised. My name is Naginder Sehmi , 85 years old. I have been a happy man and look forward to dying happily as nature wants. But…
Lost in India with a Backpack
By Naginder S. Sehmi 1 – Palace in Wheat Fields I sleep so deeply that I rarely remember dreams in the morning. This rule was shattered after my return from India. I had gone there “to lose myself”. That is what I told everyone before I had left Geneva on 8 March 2000. My plan…
