{"id":553,"date":"2012-06-15T19:35:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/jagdish-r-singh\/"},"modified":"2021-05-22T11:57:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T15:57:31","slug":"singh_jagdish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/singh_jagdish\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagdish R. Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Jagdish Rai\/Roy Singh was born in Blenheim, Guyana. He immigrated to Canada in 1977 and has published short stories, novels, and two collections of essays, <em>Earthly Tribulations<\/em> (2003), and <em>The Tolerance of Hinduism<\/em> (2007) about the Bhagavad Gita. According to his Facebook page, he authored the novels <em>Strange Misfortunes<\/em>, <em>Adventures of the Homeless<\/em>, <em>Days of Laughter<\/em>, and <em>The True Self<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"136\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2021\/05\/Adventures-of-the-Homeless-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13882 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2021\/05\/Adventures-of-the-Homeless-book-cover.jpg 136w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2021\/05\/Adventures-of-the-Homeless-book-cover-94x150.jpg 94w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 136px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 136\/218;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adventures of the Homeless<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/pandoras.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-1569 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 115px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 115\/115;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Short stories)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pandora&#8217;s Heartaches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryland: PublishAmerica, 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Synopsis (From author&#8217;s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pandora\u2019s Heartaches <\/em>is a collection of fictional stories that are based on earthly experiences which revolve around contemporary issues. These tales depict themes of marriage and infidelity, morality and spiritual beliefs, sexual and parenting issues, violence and survival, and human behavior. These topics are woven into each story, to make it thoughtful and edifying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdish Singh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jagdish.singhauthor\">Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\">\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jagdish Rai\/Roy Singh was born in Blenheim, Guyana. He immigrated to Canada in 1977 and has published short stories, novels, and two collections of essays, Earthly Tribulations (2003), and The Tolerance of Hinduism (2007) about the Bhagavad Gita. According to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/singh_jagdish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-553","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13883,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions\/13883"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}