From The Back Cover Of 'Essays On Sri Guru Granth Sahib' By Gurbhagat Singh

Gurbhagat Singh, as an eminent Sikh scholar, has immensely contributed to the postmodern thought, culture and in particular to Sikh thought. Dr Singh's most relevant contribution lies in translating Sri Guru Granth Sahib and in giving the world th Sikh alternative of Vismadic celebration of diverse and conflicting structures of the world. Through this volume Dr. Singh highlights the challenges of translation of this culture-specific sacred text into English language. The objective is to present the readers the "Guru" word without the overload of the cultural, religious signified of the English language in order to fully present the significance of the Sikh signifier. The Sikh alternative of Vismadic paradigm is his unique contribution to the world thought.

Marking a revolutionary shift from the earlier understandings, Dr. Singh, while taking insights from multiple disciplines of linguistic, language, hermeneutics, philosophy, physics and religion, unfolds the renewed interpretation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. In these essays, he also envisages to construct the poetics of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.