Category: Books

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…

By Naginder Sehmi 20 November 2022 Off

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

By Naginder Sehmi 18 November 2022 Off

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,…

By Naginder Sehmi 17 November 2022 Off

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…

By Naginder Sehmi 18 October 2021 Off

HYDROLOGY OF DISASTROUS FLOODS IN ASIA

The Hydrology of Disastrous Floods in Asia – An Overview __ NAGINDER S. SEHMI Hydrology and Water Resources Department, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Introduction THE HYDROLOGY of disastrous floods in the tropical cyclone and monsoon countries of Asia is changing rapidly, mainly as a consequence of the high rate of economic development accompanied by…

By Naginder Sehmi 4 September 2018 Off

New God Big Bang

This expose articulates with scientific, religious and socio-historical reasoning why the traditional supernatural God has not been able to perform acceptably to solve world’s problems and to meet human needs, spiritual and others. The Big-bang and the ensuing evolution has inspired the idea of the Flow facilitating the task of giving God an image and what God…

By Naginder Sehmi 7 January 2015 Off