Amardeep Singh

Amardeep Singh
Born
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Education
Occupation(s)Writer, filmmaker
OrganizationLost Heritage Productions
Websitelostheritage.info

Amardeep Singh is an Indian researcher, writer, photographer and documentary filmmaker based in Singapore. Currently, he and his wife, Vininder Kaur, are the managing directors of Lost Heritage Productions, a media production house started by them.[1] He formerly worked in the financial sector as an executive.[2] He won the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize in 2022 for retracing the journey of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru, in his docu-series Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels.[3][4]

Biography

His family migrated from Muzaffarabad, Kashmir (now in Pakistani-administered Kashmir) to Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh in India (then British India) just before the Partition of India in 1947.[5] His father, Sunder Singh, was a goldsmith.[6]

After studying at the Doon School, he went on to study Electronics Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology. He later did a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, U.S.[1]

He worked in the financial sector for 25 years,[7] during which he worked for the American Express for 21 years.[8] He moved from India to Hong Kong and eventually settled in Singapore in 2001. He became a Singaporean citizen in 2005. He resigned from his job in 2013.[8]

In 2014, he started researching on the visual ethnography of Sikh history and legacy.[9] He went to Pakistan to document the tangible and intangible remnants of Sikh legacy in the country.[10] In 2016, he published his first book Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan.[11] The book is based on his travels to 36 towns and villages of Pakistan.[12] The book highlighted the magnificence of hundreds of Sikh gurdwaras, architecture, forts, arts, and culture.[13][14]

He went on to publish his second book in 2017, The Quest Continues: Lost Heritage - The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan.[15][5] For this book, he traveled to another 90 cities and villages.[12]

In 2020, he published two documentary films; Peering Warrior and Peering Soul based on his experiences in Pakistan.[citation needed]

In 2019, he started working on Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels,[16] which is a 24 episode docuseries filmed across 9 different countries and 150 multi-faith sites. The English, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Hindi, Urdu and Shahmukhi (Punjabi) versions are available on TheGuruNanak.com.[17][18]

Works

  • Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan - 2016
  • The Quest Continues: Lost Heritage - The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan - 2018

Filmography

Awards

  • The Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize - 2022[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us - Lost Heritage". 22 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Book On Sikh Heritage In Pakistan Launched In Singapore". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Service, Tribune News. "Singapore-based Sikh researcher Amardeep Singh bags Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ Schuster, Karla (9 November 2022). "Punjabi Writer and Filmmaker Wins 2022 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize". News | Hofstra University, New York. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b Hermes (7 January 2018). "In Good Company: Ex-Amex exec Amardeep Singh is on a heritage trail | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. ^ Amardeep Singh (2022). Lost heritage : the Sikh legacy in Pakistan. Nagaara Trust (6th ed.). New Delhi. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-81-7002-115-5. OCLC 932592607.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ "Creative Team". thegurunanak.com. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b Hermes (11 January 2016). "Preserving the Sikh heritage in print | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ^ Sharma, Anu (15 June 2022). "Punjabi Duo Releases a Punjabi documentary series on Guru Nanak Dev ji". Chandigarh City News. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  10. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Borders don't matter". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. ^ Hermes (11 January 2016). "Preserving the Sikh heritage in print | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  12. ^ a b Service, Tribune News. "Sequel:Amardeep pens lost Sikhs' legacy in Pakistan". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Heritage found: New book recaps rich history of Sikhs". The Express Tribune. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  14. ^ Samachar, Asia (5 February 2018). "Our legacy has been forgotten". Asia Samachar. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Review: The Quest Continues; Lost Heritage - The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan by Amardeep Singh". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  16. ^ "A legacy of unity and love: Amardeep Singh traces Baba Nanak's travels across nine countries". Firstpost. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Allegory – A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels". thegurunanak.com. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  18. ^ "ਸੈਨਤ, ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇ ਪੈਂਡਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਰੂਹਾਨੀ ਛਾਪ". thegurunanak.com. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.