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Alumni Association at Ludhiana college congratulates
Ludhiana, 01-09-2024
In a domain where in India sports writers are scarce and performance in competitive sports of nation’s athletes and sportspersons is yet to match with other nations like China, Japan, England, USA etc, there are some passionate sports lovers and educationists like Principal Dr Balwant Singh Sandhu who are keeping the hope alive by their sports writing which is inspiring youth always.
In his latest achievement Dr Sandhu’s book GOLDEN PUNCH—An inspiring sports novel based on the life of famous Punjabi-Indian Boxer Kaur Singh is now part of academics when it is to be taught in the Guru Nanak Dev University syllabus of Bachelor of Physical Education And Sports (BPES) from the year 2024 to 2027 in the compulsory subject of Punjabi language in the degree class .In this book Dr Sandhu portraits life of the legendary Indian Boxer who rose from from Punjab’s Sangrur district beginning his career as a farmer, get into Indian armed forces , shines in boxing sports to win golden laurels in Asian Games and other international championships to be awarded Padam Shri and Arjuna Award and then again resorts to farming in later years. It nicely depicts the journey with interesting anecdotes bringing sports boxing rings and rural grounds alive while when reads the novel.
SCD Govt. College Alumnus who is now Principal in a Punjab rural college Sri Guru Angad Dev College, Khadur Sahib has been a promising player in his Alma Mater at Ludhiana. Brij Bhushan Goyal Organising secretary of the Alumni Association of the Ludhiana college has congratulated Dr Sandhu who he said has made all the alumni proud as he himself was also an outstanding athlete in the Ludhiana college. Principal Manjit Singh Sandhu from Udaipur, an ex Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya and also an alumnus and an outstanding sportsman in the Ludhiana college said that Dr Sandhu’s books is a unique effort which needs to be translated in other languages too. Dr Sandhu has also written 2 other such books titled as ‘Gumnaam Champion’ and ‘Ik Pind Di Khed Gatha -Village Chakkar’ which are also liked by the sports fraternity immensely.
