Lt. Col. Mohinder Singh

takhallus Dardi presented us with this book. The book is his poetic expression of life, love, beauty, passion and more. His love for traveling and contact with people has given him unique experiences that are subtly expressed in his writings. “The sands of time as he saw go by, spreading their wings as the birds flew high, there’s a whole new world beyond the horizon, you wouldn’t know until you try.” ਲੈਫਟੀਨੈਂਟ ਕਰਨਲ ਮਹਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਤਖੱਲਸ ਦਰਦੀ ਨੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਪੁਸਤਕ ਭੇਟ ਕੀਤੀ। ਪੁਸਤਕ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ, ਪਿਆਰ, ਸੁੰਦਰਤਾ, ਜਨੂੰਨ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਕੁਝ ਦਾ ਕਾਵਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਵਾ ਹੈ। ਸਫ਼ਰ ਕਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਲਈ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਪਿਆਰ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਵਿਲੱਖਣ ਅਨੁਭਵ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਉਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਲਿਖਤਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਸੂਖਮਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ। "ਸਮੇਂ ਦੀ ਰੇਤ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਉਸਨੇ ਵੇਖਿਆ, ਆਪਣੇ ਖੰਭ ਫੈਲਾਉਂਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਪੰਛੀ ਉੱਚੇ ਉੱਡਦੇ ਹਨ, ਦੂਰੀ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਇੱਕ ਪੂਰੀ ਨਵੀਂ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਹੈ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਉਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਪਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਜਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ.

"HUMAN TO HUMANE" A dusty face, And dirty hair, Wet insistently, With rolling tears! Desolate eyes searching, Every chance of food, Tatered clothes hanging, On barely covered skeleton. Stuggle for life, At every breath! Some time looks at Parents corpse, And other at, Passes by! All of a sudden hunger stobs his stomach hard In disgust he cries. Drags his eyes balls up. To look at bare skies Where he thinks God lives That is what his mother told him Before she dies! Thinking, He too being very far, Can not see his plight. Haplessly throws his almost dead body To the earth Thursts his fists. Ih his stomach To fill the empty space in it And he cries! Drags his breath After a while. Struggles his breath And he dies! Visit his corpse Stray dogs and flies They enjoy a feast on him. On the road side. (April 12, 1999) Surrey (Vancouver) (Canada) * This poem won award in POEM COMPITETION of Poetry Institure of Canada, held in July 2005 at Victoria Canada and was published in DREAM Island (ANTHOLOGY BOOK) of Canada to be kept in National Liberary Ottawa of Canadian National Records. Dedicated to my wife 'JIND' JI.