"Shaheed" (Martyrs) is supposed to be based on true oral history oft

repeated across villages in India and the then newly made Pakistan.

Religion based killings were the norm of the day, and centuries-old

brotherhood was forgotten quickly. This short story revolves around the

Sikh-Muslim equation in 1947. The short story is set in Hoshiarpur

District of Eastern Punjab.

Gulzar Singh Sandhu (b. 27 February 1935 - Kotla Badla in Ludhiana

Distt) is a prominent Punjabi language writer. He won the prestigious

Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection, Amar Katha in

1982. Among other awards he was also the recipient of International

Association of Authors, Playwrights and Artists of Canada in 1992 and

Shiromani Punjabi Sahityakar Puruskar from the Education Department of Punjab in 2001. (Wikipedia)

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