Ajmer Singh Aulakh


Ajmer Singh Aulakh was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab. He was born in 1942 at Kumbharwal Kumbharwal, Sangrur district, Punjab, India.

Books and plays

Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara in 1978.

Collections of one-act plays

  • Arbad narbad dhundukara
  • Begane bohar di chhan
  • Anhe nishanchi
  • ''Gani''

Plays

  • Ik Ramayan hor *Niuṃ-jaṛa
  • Satt begaaneKehar Singh di maut
  • Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī Bhajian bahin
  • Ikka sī dariā
  • Jhanāṃ de pāṇī
  • Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre

Awards

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī.