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Harleen Singh
Harleen Singh
Harleen Singh
'Through archival records, memoirs, popular folklore and imagination, Harleen Singh has produced a dazzling kaleidoscope [...] Informative and riveting, The Lost Heer is an absolute must-read!'
—Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
Chair of the department and Crawford Family Professor of Religious Studies, Colby College, Waterville, U.S.A.
'The Lost Heer presents a remarkably dedicated labour of years to trace a trailblazing, feminist genealogy of undivided Punjab...'
—Aanchal Malhotra
Oral Historian and Author
'The women protagonists of The Lost Heer tear down the triple walls of colonialism, feudalism and patriarchy to reclaim their space in Punjab's society'
—Amandeep Sandhu
Author, Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines
'...[a] one-of-a kind book, which brings alive forgotten narratives of women in colonial Punjab with rare passion, intensity and empathy'
—Nirupama Dutt
Poet and Author, The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Qissa of Courage
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