Verpal Singh heads The Sikh Centre, a not-for-profit organisation engaged in promoting greater interaction between Sikhs and the wider New Zealand

New Zealand

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 community. He also runs a small publishing company specialising in niche areas. He is a writer, with a novel and a book of analytical essays in the pipeline. Through the Sikh Centre, he has been involved in running three annual competitions in the field of Painting, Short Story Writing, and traditional Punjabi embroidery art of Phulkari

Phulkari

Phulkari, an embroidery technique from the Punjab in India and Pakistan literally means flower working, which was at one time used as the word for embroidery, but in time the word “Phulkari” became restricted to embroidered shawls and head scarfs...

. He is an active participant in the ongoing inter-faith dialogue amongst various faith communities of New Zealand. Verpal Singh is a keen student of history, especially religious history.

Works and publications

Verpal Singh has contributed editorially or contributed a chapter to the following books produced by various publishing agencies.

• Sikhism and Civilisation

Author: Daljit Singh; ISBN: 81-858-1512-7

• Dynamics of Sikh Revolution

Author: Jagjit Singh; ISBN: 81-858-1513-5

• History of the Sikhs and Their Religion

Editor: Kharak Singh; ISBN: 81-809-2001-1

• Thoughts of Bhai Ardaman Singh

Editor: Kharak Singh; ISBN: 81-858-1511-9

• Who are the Sikhs?

Author: Gurbaksh Singh; Publisher: SGPC, Amritsar

• We are not Symbols

Author: Harjot Oberoi; Publisher: Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh

• Teaching Sikh Heritage to the Youth

Author: Gurbaksh Singh; Publisher: Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh

• Khalsa and the 21st Century

Editor: Kharak Singh; Publisher: Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh

• Dairying and Farm Diversification

Author: GBS Kahlon; Publisher: Punjab Institute for Sustainable Development, Ludhiana


In addition, he has published essays and research articles in AEN Journal, Abstracts of Sikh Studies and The Sikh Review amongst others.