u/Disastrous_Heat2163

A Punjabi language book club for lovers of Punjabi literature in the Chandigarh Tricity Region

I'm looking to start a book club for Punjabi literature - fiction, poetry, and perhaps non-fiction too - with a focus on the literary giants. Think Gurdial Singh, Ajeet Caur, Waryam Sandhu, Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Kirpal Kazak, Kulwant Virk, Karamjit Kussa, Amrita Pritam and so on.

If any of these names mean anything to you, and if you'd like to read and discuss these together, and discover newer gems, please DM me.

It would be great to build a community of readers interested in engaging with Punjabi literature. I feel that there has been a sharp decline in the number of people who read and enjoy Punjabi literature over the decades. This is an attempt to revive the joy of reading in Punjabi, and to preserve the rich literary heritage the language has developed over the centuries.

This will be an offline book club where the members would meet up once a month or so.

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u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 14 hours ago

A Punjabi language book club for lovers of Punjabi literature in the Chandigarh Tricity region

I'm looking to start a book club for Punjabi literature - fiction, poetry, and perhaps non-fiction too - with a focus on the literary giants. Think Gurdial Singh, Ajeet Caur, Waryam Sandhu, Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Kirpal Kazak, Kulwant Virk, Karamjit Kussa, Amrita Pritam and so on.

If any of these names mean anything to you, and if you'd like to read and discuss these together, and discover newer gems, please DM me.

It would be great to build a community of readers interested in engaging with Punjabi literature. I feel that there has been a sharp decline in the number of people who read and enjoy Punjabi literature over the decades. This is an attempt to revive the joy of reading in Punjabi, and to preserve the rich literary heritage the language has developed over the centuries.

This will be an offline book club where the members would meet up once a month or so.

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u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 18 hours ago
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Punjabi language book club for lovers of Punjabi literature in the Tricity

I'm looking to start a book club for Punjabi literature - fiction, poetry, and perhaps non-fiction too - with a focus on the literary giants. Think Gurdial Singh, Ajeet Caur, Waryam Sandhu, Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Kirpal Kazak, Kulwant Virk, Karamjit Kussa, Amrita Pritam and so on.

If any of these names mean anything to you, and if you'd like to read and discuss these together, and discover newer gems, please DM me.

It would be great to build a community of readers interested in engaging with Punjabi literature. I feel that there has been a sharp decline in the number of people who read and enjoy Punjabi literature over the decades. This is an attempt to revive the joy of reading in Punjabi, and to preserve the rich literary heritage the language has developed over the centuries.

This will be an offline book club where the members would meet up once a month or so.

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u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 19 hours ago

We had our first Book Club Meetup today and it was awesome

So last month, I started a book club after interacting with a post here on Reddit. A few people from this Sub signed up, and after I created an Insta page, many more people joined the group. We decided to read V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas for our first meetup, and we met today at Cup and Kitaab in Phase-10, Mohali.

Interestingly, the only people who turned up for the Meetup were the people who had joined the group from Reddit. Not a single person who joined from Instagram turned up.

Anyway, it was super fun. We had some great conversations about everything under the sun, and 3 hours on a slow, lazy, hot summer morning flew by without us even realizing it. The cafe people had to ask us to shift to a different table, and that was when we got the hint that we should probably leave.

It was a great experience, just going out, meeting new people, touching some grass, and building connections with absolute strangers.

We are now planning for our June meetup. if any more Redditors want to join us, feel free to DM me. We're hoping to build this into a long-term, serious community of readers, where we read together and grow together.

We're mostly into serious literary fiction and non-fiction.

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u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 4 days ago

Anyone interested in partnering for learning Salsa in Mohali?

I'm a guy in his 30s with two left feet and absolutely zero natural ability to dance. I always wanted to fix this, so one fine day last week, I signed up for this Salsa class on a whim.

The class and the instructors are awesome, fun, and very beginner friendly. The only trouble is that pretty much everyone else in the batch comes with a partner of the opposite sex. I and another lady are the only single folks, but this other lady is not regular at all. And since Salsa is primarily a partner dance in which you dance with a partner of the opposite sex, I don't get a lot of partner practice. Of course during class, partners are rotated and everyone gets to dance with everyone else, but as the only single guy, I get much less partner practice, and spend a lot of the class time dancing alone.

So I'm looking for a lady to partner with. Age does not matter - 18 to 88, all are welcome. The only requirement is that you should be regular, since I like to get good at something once I pick it up.

Classes happen twice a week during weekdays in the evening in Mohali. Please DM for more details.

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u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 6 days ago

M39 issueless divorcee. Will I ever get married again, or is it a lonely life for me?

For context, I've always been a very reserved, shy and socially awkward person with few friends. I also have a work from home remote job, so little socialization on the work front too. Over the last 6 months, however, I've been trying to make efforts to go out and meet people. I'm re-investing time and effort in my old hobbies such as music ( I used play 2 instruments long ago) which I'd abandoned long ago, in the hope that I can get good enough to perform locally at cafes etc and meet someone. Also trying new hobbies such as dance (Salsa) etc in the hope of expanding my circle and meeting someone. Also working to build an export-based side business along with my job in the hope that it will give me more freedom to focus on my partner, if at all I ever get one ( my job is hectic, and I feel it would leave me little time for married life) But I haven't got any results so far in any of my endeavors, and I feel like i'm desperately doing so much and getting nowhere.

u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 10 days ago

M39, issueless divorcee. Will I ever get married again, or is it a lonely life for me for the rest of my days?

For context, I've always been a very reserved, shy and socially awkward person with few friends. I also have a work from home remote job, so little socialization on the work front too. Over the last 6 months, however, I've been trying to make efforts to go out and meet people. I'm re-investing time and effort in my old hobbies such as music ( I used play 2 instruments long ago) which I'd abandoned long ago, in the hope that I can get good enough to perform locally at cafes etc and meet someone. Also trying new hobbies such as dance (Salsa) etc in the hope of expanding my circle and meeting someone. Also working to build an export-based side business along with my job in the hope that it will give me more freedom to focus on my partner, if at all I ever get one ( my job is hectic, and I feel it would leave me little time for married life) But I haven't got any results so far in any of my endeavors, and I feel like i'm desperately doing so much and getting nowhere.

u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 10 days ago

M39 Issueless Divorcee. Will I ever get married again, or is it a lonely life for me for the rest of my days?

For context, I've always been a very reserved, shy and socially awkward person with few friends. I also have a work from home remote job, so little socialization on the work front too. Over the last 6 months, however, I've been trying to make efforts to go out and meet people. I'm re-investing time and effort in my old hobbies such as music ( I used play 2 instruments long ago) which I'd abandoned long ago, in the hope that I can get good enough to perform locally at cafes etc and meet someone. Also trying new hobbies such as dance (Salsa) etc in the hope of expanding my circle and meeting someone. Also working to build an export-based side business along with my job in the hope that it will give me more freedom to focus on my partner, if at all I ever get one ( my job is hectic, and I feel it would leave me little time for married life) But I haven't got any results so far in any of my endeavors, and I feel like i'm desperately doing so much and getting nowhere.

u/Disastrous_Heat2163 — 10 days ago