Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon (Roop Dhillon) (born 1969) is a British Contemporary Punjabi Writer who writes Punjabi short stories, novels and poetry.

He was born in West London

London

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, and initially raised in Southall. Dhillon studied at Oxford Brookes University and De Montfort. By profession he is an Accountant. His novel, Neela Noor is considered the first Punjabi novel to be published in the United Kingdom. His work is mainly influenced by Western literature. Dhillon also wrote Annexation, an English novel based partly on the life of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

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. Bharind, The Hornet, is a set of short stories and poems. This is his latest offering.

Works

• Nila Noor, The Blue Light (ISBN 978-1846855641),2007
• Beghar Baagh, The Homeless Leopard,2009 ( http://www.roopd.kitaban.com/roopd.pdf)
• Kaldaar, The Robot,2010(http://kitaban.com/roopd/kaldar.pdf)
• "Barcelona:Ghar Vaapasi",2010(http://www.apnaorg.com/books/gurmukhi/ghar-wapsi/book.php?fldr=book)
• Bharind - The Hornet,2011, Lahore Publishers, Ludhiana

External links

• http://www.sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?cat=11&id=2633
• http://www.sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?cat=11&id=2477
• http://www.rubru.ca
• http://www.5abi.com/kahani/kahani2008/016-laash1-roop-070210.htm
• http://www.5abi.com/2009-pubs/060-mai-kaun-roop-211109.htm
• http://5abi.com/kahani/kahani2008/018-kaldar1-roop-070310.htm
• http://www.sikhspectrum.com/072008/punjabi.htm
• http://uddari.wordpress.com/punjabi-writers/
• http://www.punjabonline.com/servlet/image?Action=Profile&Photo=5&Param=25292
• http://www.5abi.com/kahani/kahaniU/030305_siso-U(rupinderpal-dhillo).htm
• http://sikh-heritage.co.uk/writers/new%20writers/new%20writers.html
• http://www.sikhspectrum.com/052006/chenab/1.htm
• http://www.likhari.org/jhelum.htm
• http://www.punjabizm.com/forums-red-ripples-rupinder-dhillon-26192-5-1.html
• http://www.punjabizm.com/forums-daaj-rewrite-26076-5-1.html

These are links to some of his works and reviews of his first book , Neela Noor.

• http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/nila/
• http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/roop/
• http://www.apnaorg.com/publish-on-apna/roop/index.html