Naad Pargaas Sri Amritsar

22/07/2026

📚 Join us for the 10th Makrand Reading Event!

🗓 26 July (Sunday)
🕖 7:00 PM IST
📍Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84571395604?pwd=bpm5Bi18UmBokzWckNtijQBMauKxS5.1

Meeting ID: 845 7139 5604
Passcode: 711766

We look forward to your participation!

15/07/2026

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Makrand | Vol. 04, Issue 03
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Dear Reader,

We are delighted to present the newest bloom of Makrand—a gathering of ideas where aesthetics, philosophy, science, and symbolism unfold into imagination. Each page is an invitation to pause, wonder, and encounter the unseen rhythms that shape our nuanced experiences. This issue celebrates the curiosity and creative spirit of emerging voices.

✨ This is not merely a publication to be read—it is a journey to be experienced.

With gratitude,
Team Makrand

Link to download 🔗
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sg2FIigvpe30TQ3qZsfXmsRnM5_WJ67j/view?usp=sharing

09/07/2026

🖋️ Special Online Lecture Invitation

Naad Pargaas Australia warmly invites you to a thought-provoking special lecture on:

“Calligraphy as a Contemplative Practice: A Phenomenological Approach”

🎙️ Speaker:
Dr. Gurwinder Singh
Associate Professor, Department of AIT-CSE
Chandigarh University, Punjab

📅 Date: Sunday, 19 July
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM (Sydney, Australia) | 9:30 AM (IST)
💻 Mode: Online (Zoom)

This lecture explores calligraphy beyond aesthetics—as a contemplative practice that reveals the relationship between embodiment, perception, silence, and meaning through the lens of phenomenology.

📲 Scan the QR code or use the Zoom link in the poster to join us.

We look forward to welcoming you!

20/05/2026

🎓 The Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, in association with Naad Pargaas Sri Amritsar, warmly invites you to a Special Lecture on:

“Placing Sikh Studies in Western Academia”

🗣️ Speaker
Amandeep Singh
Independent Researcher & Director, Naad Pargaas USA

💬 Discussants
Dr. Manmohan
Chairman, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi

Dr. Paramvir Singh
Professor, H.S. Department of Encyclopaedia of Sikhism, Panjab University, Patiala

📅 22 May 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
📍 Seminar Hall, Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh

👥 Organized By
Prof. Gurpal Singh Sandhu
Academic Incharge, Department of GNSS, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Varinderpal Singh
Secretary, Naad Pargaas, Sri Amritsar

All students, researchers, scholars, and interested participants are cordially invited.

07/05/2026

📚 TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Methods, Subjectivity and Conceptual Appraisals

Naad Pargaas Sri Amritsar invites you to join an insightful two-day academic workshop exploring research methodologies, subjectivity, theoretical frameworks, and textual implementation in academic inquiry.

🗓 Date: 09–10 May, 2026

📖 Programme Schedule

DAY 01 — Saturday, 09 May 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM IST
Topic: Theoretical Frameworks in Academic Research

DAY 02 — Sunday, 10 May 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
Topic: Textual Implementation

🎙 Speaker

Mr. Amandeep Singh
Independent Researcher & Director, Naad Pargaas USA

🎤 Moderator

Dr. Jaswinder Singh
Associate Professor, GGS Department of Religious Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala

📍 Venue:
Seminar Hall, Naad Pargaas
E-6/713, CIPET Road, Near GNDU, Amritsar

📩 For queries & registration:
[email protected]

14/04/2026

📖 Makrand | Vol. 04, Issue 02

We are delighted to present the latest issue of *Makrand*.

This edition journeys through the inner experiences of aesthetics, symbolism, myth, cinema, science, and philosophy—bringing together diverse voices from young minds. Each article unfolds a new horizon, inviting the reader into deeper reflection and encounter.

✨ This issue is not just to be read—it is to be experienced.

Regards
Team Makrand
[email protected]

11/03/2026

Grateful to see the 11th Amritsar Literature Festival featured in the newspapers.
It was a wonderful gathering of writers, scholars, and readers celebrating literature, ideas, and dialogue.
Thankful to everyone who participated and contributed to making the festival meaningful and memorable.

10/03/2026

https://youtu.be/QjKdnUuQPzQ?si=TtQZnVJZyv8bTvkp

As part of the 11th Amritsar Literature Festival 2026, organized by Naad Pargaas Sri Amritsar, the collective FERRO-FLUID presents a transcendental musical e...

10/03/2026

https://youtu.be/eyxuc6jRJpI?si=cOMPuS6G2GTgBEbg

Raag Basant Gayan by Priyanka Thakur at 11th Amritsar Literature Festival 2026 organized by Naad Pargaas Sri Amritsar from 6-8 March 2026 at Khalsa College f...

23/02/2026