Tarlochan Singh Bedi (c.1930–31 January 2025) was an academic better known for translating the Kural into Punjabi.

Biography

With a master of arts degree and a doctorate, Tarlochan Singh Bedi served as principal of the Government College of Education at Faridkot, Punjab.[2] Bedi has written articles on the cultural and linguistic similarities between Tamil and Punjabi. Bedi is married to Professor Darshan Kaur Bedi and has two sons.[3][4] His elder son Arvinder Singh Bedi is a state manager of Magma, a finance company, and based at Ludhiana.[citation needed] His younger son Gagandeep Singh is Additional Chief Secretary of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department of Tamil Nadu,[5] known for his tsunami rehabilitation work in 2004 during his tenure as district collector in Cuddalore.[3][4]

In 2000, Bedi attended a seminar organised by the Tamil Department of the Madurai Kamaraj University, where he was requested by the university's vice chancellor Dr. Salihu, who chaired the seminar, to translate the Kural text into Punjabi.[6] Finding similarities between the ideas of Guru Nanak and those in the Kural text, Bedi started translating the Kural into Punjabi and completed it in 2012, which was published by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai.[3] According to Bedi, "the focal point of the Tirukkural is feelings of love for human beings, which is what Guru Nanak preached too."[3][7] In 2017, Bedi was honored by the Tamil Nadu state government.[1][2]

Death

Bedi died at the age of 95 in a private hospital in Ludhiana on 31 January 2025.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "திருக்குறளை பஞ்சாபியில் மொழிபெயர்த்த கல்வியாளர் காலமானார்". The Hindu (Tamil). Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Veteran academician, who translated Tirukkural into Punjabi, no more". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d Mariappan, Julie (29 October 2012). "Tirukkural goes into Punjabi now". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b Pinto, Sanjay (3 October 2017). "Mascot of Disaster Management: Gagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS". Ritz Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Academic who translated Tirukkural into Punjabi dies". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  6. ^ Bedi, Tarlochan Singh (2012). Tirukkural in Punjabi (in Tamil and Punjabi) (First ed.). Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil. ISBN 978-93-81744-02-4.
  7. ^ Sujatha (31 January 2025). "ககன்தீப் சிங் பேடி தந்தை காலமானார்... முதல்வர் ஸ்டாலின் இரங்கல்!". Dina Maalai. Chennai: Dina Maalai. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

Further reading

  • Tarlochan Singh Bedi. (2012). Tirukkural in Punjabi, Central Institute of Classical Tamil. 296 pages. ISBN 978-93-81744-02-4
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarlochan_Singh_Bedi
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