Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon Biography and latest books by Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon

Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon was born in 1969 in West London and raised in Southall. He completed his studies from the Oxford Brookes University and the De Montfort University.  Roop’s writing is influenced by Western literature.  He is self taught, and has learnt to read and write Gurmukhi in his mid thirties. He aims at making Punjabi Literature relevant and available to Punjabis born in the West. He has written an English novel called Annexation, and regularly contributes English poems in British Magazines. He is the only Punjabi Writer to write in the Gurmukhi script, and has been published in the UK— Neela Noor (The Blue Light), the first of its kind. His other work includes a score of Punjabi poems, mostly published on Punjabilekhak.com, and three short stories, including a sci-fi thriller Kaldaar Kay Kaldaas and Dil Diaya Peerhaan. His most recent work in Punjabi is Canadian Gangster, which talks about the issues faced by Punjabi youth in Canada.