Shekhawat releases book 'Pagdandyian ton Shahrah Tak' written by Dr. Arvinder Singh 

Ludhiana, February 20, 2023: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has released a book 'Pagdandyian ton Shahrah Tak' written by Dr. Arvinder Singh, Principal of Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana  today.   

On this occasion, Shekhawat while sharing his thoughts about this book said that the act of learning is the basis of human life. The Guru-Shish tradition in Bharatvarsh, through which precious dialogue is generated in the society, based on the basis of same tradition, this book has been written by Principal Dr. Arvinder Singh with the purpose of improving human understanding towards the deep mysteries of life and basic values. He also said that this book will inspire the present generation to adopt constructive, positive, meaningful thinking in life, to create dreams for their bright future and to adopt a positive attitude to realize them, as well as to get rid from negative thinking. He has described a book as an important need of the present time. Furthermore, he said that the author has made it very easy to cope and deal with the harsh realities of life through the characters like Bajrug, Murshad, Danishwarhvar, Murid, Shish, Gurudev, Shagrid, Fakir, Jagyasu, Sai, Karmayogi etc in this book. Simple methods have been presented.

On this occasion, Padma Shri Dr. Harmohinder Singh Bedi, Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh Central University has specifically mentioned that Dr. Arvinder Singh has made an excellent attempt to highlight the significance of morality or idealism in day to day life by pointing out the evils within man in his book. Modern man, who is forced to live under the influence of envy, pride, hatred, narrow-mindedness, revenge, animal cruelty, fear, anxiety, insecurity, etc., is unfortunate instead of adopting ethical values in practical life is taking out of his practical life. As a result, ease, charm, patience, sincerity and contentment are disappearing from his life.

Dr. Subhash Kumar, former Senator, Panjab University, Chandigarh on this occasion said that the titles of the beautiful short l essays in this book are very meaningful, appropriate and interesting. He added that these purposeful essays give a ray of hope to all those people who are struggling against the odds in their lives. He said that all these articles give preference to struggle in the face of difficulties, tragedies, problems and instills courage, courage and the spirit of climbing in man. 

While telling about his book, Principal Dr. Arvinder Singh specially mentioned that the foreword of this book has been specially written by Padma Shri Dr. Harmohinder Singh Bedi, Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh Central University.Dr. Arvinder Singh also said that this book encourages adopting moral values and renouncing the evils within human beings. He has expressed his gratitude towards Dr. S. P.  Singh, Former Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Prof. Prithipal Singh Kapur, Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar for their support and guidance in writing this book. Here it is particularly worth mentioning that the Principal Dr. Arvinder Singh is fully dedicated to his research work while performing his administrative duties. So far, fourteen books and more than eighty research papers have been written by him and he has also completed two research projects sponsored by the ICSSR.