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Saffron Salvation
“Saffron Salvation” by Simarjit Kaur -
Saffron Salvation is a love story set in India and England. Sharn wants to meet the one true love of her life. The only problem she has to go back to India and obey her parent's wishes in a prospective arranged meeting. She thinks it will be just a short visit but soon finds that she cannot leave. It is 1984. In 1984 the Punjab civil disobedience movement is at its height against the Indian rule against a decades’ long protest and the man she meets Jassa is protestor in the movement. At its forefront are the warrior saint, sikh people, who believe in a United States of India with fair human rights across all the regions of India and Holy Status for Amritsar the sikh’s holiest and sovereign city. Sharan soon realises that true love is something she will have to fight for as her people are caught in a vortex of disaster.
Throughout Saffron Salvation there are several narratives. One is the voice of the spiritual truths from the sacred scriptures of the warrior saint peoples, the other the voice of the political leaders of the movement at the time, the main narrative is the voice of Sharn trying to find out what happened in 1984.
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“By writing Saffron Salvation the author has shown a keen sense of purpose and a remarkable grip over the sikh ethos. The art of portraying situation and character is just wonderful and her narratives are highly creative.” - Dr. Darshan Singh, Professor and Chairman, Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Punjab University.
“A sikh novel of beauty, compassion and fragile bravery against tyranny." - Joginder Singh, Founder Gurbani Meditation Therapy UK.
“At last there is a focus purely on the sikh psyche and the question of what makes a sikh tick....The first novel in English on 1984 written from the sikh perspective…” - Dr. Arjan Kirpal Singh, International Professor of Sikhism.
“.....extremely honest, passionate and faithful to what we have witnessed over the years...’ - Professor Harpal Singh, Sikh National College.
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Saffron Salvation is a love story set in India and England. Sharn wants to meet the one true love of her life. The only problem she has to go back to India and obey her parent's wishes in a prospective arranged meeting. She thinks it will be just a short visit but soon finds that she cannot leave. It is 1984. In 1984 the Punjab civil disobedience movement is at its height against the Indian rule against a decades’ long protest and the man she meets Jassa is protestor in the movement. At its forefront are the warrior saint, sikh people, who believe in a United States of India with fair human rights across all the regions of India and Holy Status for Amritsar the sikh’s holiest and sovereign city. Sharan soon realises that true love is something she will have to fight for as her people are caught in a vortex of disaster.
Throughout Saffron Salvation there are several narratives. One is the voice of the spiritual truths from the sacred scriptures of the warrior saint peoples, the other the voice of the political leaders of the movement at the time, the main narrative is the voice of Sharn trying to find out what happened in 1984.
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“By writing Saffron Salvation the author has shown a keen sense of purpose and a remarkable grip over the sikh ethos. The art of portraying situation and character is just wonderful and her narratives are highly creative.” - Dr. Darshan Singh, Professor and Chairman, Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Punjab University.
“A sikh novel of beauty, compassion and fragile bravery against tyranny." - Joginder Singh, Founder Gurbani Meditation Therapy UK.
“At last there is a focus purely on the sikh psyche and the question of what makes a sikh tick....The first novel in English on 1984 written from the sikh perspective…” - Dr. Arjan Kirpal Singh, International Professor of Sikhism.
“.....extremely honest, passionate and faithful to what we have witnessed over the years...’ - Professor Harpal Singh, Sikh National College.
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657 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 15, 2015
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