"Read deeply, not to believe, not to accept, not to contradict, but to learn to share in that one nature that writes and reads. We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own."
~ Harold Bloom
I have read the following books:
Punjabi:
Kaaphian: Shah Hussain, Tarak Bharti Prakashan, 2024.
Banda Marr Vi Sakda Ae, Bushra Naaz, Adab Prakashan, 2022.
Aazadi Mera Brand, Anuradha Beniwal, Katho Prakashan, 2023.
Shiv Kumar-Samuchi Kavita, Shiv Kumar, Lahore Books, 2021.
Her Modh Te Saleeban, Jagtar, Chetna Parkashan, 2014.
Changay, Marray, Betukay, Khushwant Singh, Lokgeet Parkashan, 2014.
Rani Tatt, Harman, Colors of Panjaab, 2019.
Chitta Lahoo, Nanak Singh, Lok Sahitya Prakashan, 2019.
Main Iqbal Punjabi Da, Baba Nazmi.
Pavitar Paapi, Nanak Singh.
Ghazal Dhamalan Pave, Tajammul Kaleem, Cafe World Publication, 2020.
Kamaal Karde O Baadshaho, Tajammul Kaleem, Punjabi Sahit Publications, 2017.
Sant Ram Udasi, Ajmer Sidhu, Chetna Parkashan, 2014.
Sheesha, Tahira Sra, Chetna Parkashan, 2019.
Ikko Sahey, Sabir Ali Sabir, Autumn Art, 2020.
Patjhar Di Panjeb, Surjit Patar, Lokgeet Parkashan, 2017.
Pehli Barish, Shammi Jalandhari, Cafe World Publication, 2021.
Naag Lok, Lal Singh Dil, Chetna Parkashan, 2020.
Ishq Mera Sultan, Shammi Jalandhari, Cafe World Publication, 2022.
Hindi:
Ek Thi Anita, Amrita Pritam, Penguin Random House India, 2022.
Gunahon Ka Devta, Dharmveer Bharti, Vani Prakashan, 2025.
Kashi Ka Assi, Kashinath Singh, Rajkamal Prakashan, 2024.
Aashad Ka Ek Din, Mohan Rakesh, Rajpal Publishing, 1997.
Sitaron Ki Galiyan, Amrita Pritam, Penguin Random House India, 2021.
Kaghzi Hai Pairahan, Ismat Chugtai, Rajkamal Paperbacks, 2022.
Abra Kya Chiz Hai? Hawa Kya Hai? (Diary), Krishna Baldev Vaid, Rajkamal Prakashan, 2018.
Titli, Manav Kaul, Hind Yugm, 2023.
Antim Aranya, Nirmal Verma, Vani Prakashan, 2021.
Tareekh Ki Khanjari (Diary), Satyanarayan, Bodhi Prakashan, 2022.
Ek Chithda Sukh, Nirmal Verma, Vani Prakashan, 2017.
Ve Din, Nirmal Verma, Vani Prakashan, 2021.
Raat Pashmene Ki, Gulzar, Rupa Publications, 2012.
Maujood, Rahat Indori, Radhakrishna Paperbacks, 2019.
Sab Kuchh Hona Bacha Rahega, Vinod Kumar Shukal.
Ek Takiya Tere Naam Ka, Amrita Pritam, Kriti Prakashan, 2011.
Phir Meri Yaad, Kumar Vishwas, Rajkamal Prakashan, 2019.
Paaji Nazmein, Gulzar, Radhakrishna Prakashan, 2020.
English:
Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom, Sphere, 2017.
The House of Clay and Water, Faiqa Mansab, Penguin Random House India, 2017.
Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka, Vintage Classics, 2018.
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Harper Collins Publishers, 2012.
The Prophet, Khalil Gibran, Penguin Random House, 2024.
A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman, Hachette UK Company, 2015.
The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak, Penguin Books India, 2015.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Selected Stories, Penguin Random House, 2017.
100 World's Greatest Love Letters, Fingerprint Classics, 2019.
The Servant's Shirt, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Penguin Books India, 1997.
By The Sea, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001.
The Room on the Roof, Ruskin Bond, Penguin Books India, 2014.
The Carpet Weaver, Nemat Sadat, India Viking, 2019.