Career
Sukhdarshan Dhaliwal is originally from village of Lohara, Punjab. He now lives in Shawnee, Kansas. He is a contemporary author of ghazal poetry in English, Punjabi, and Urdu.
He started writing Punjabi poetry in the mid-1980s.
In addition to his books, several of his ghazals in Punjabi were issued on Civil Defense in a collection titled Roo-B-Roo (Face to Face) sung by Jagjit Singh Zirvi. In December, 2005 he started writing ghazals in the English language.
Sukhdarshan is influenced by Urdu/Hindi ghazals, and Sufi Punjabi Music. In 2009, he published a collection of ghazals written in English, "Ghazals At Twilight".
In 2005 he started a Punjabi Cultural Society in the Kansas City Area to celebrate the poetry, song, and dance traditions of his homeland in the United States.
He continues to work in the Kansas City Punjabi community to promote Punjabi cultural events.
