Kalwant Nadeem Parmar : Punjabi Literature in Canada

This interview is a part of the “Punjabi in BC” oral history project (2019-2023). “Punjabi in BC” is comprised of interviews with over 50 K-12 teachers, language advocates, journalists, and writers who have contributed to the life of the Punjabi language in British Columbia, Canada. The subject of this interview, Kalwant Nadeem Parmar, who passed away in 2025, was born in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad, in Pakistan) and migrated with his family to Indian Punjab after Partition. His writing journey began in 1948. A prolific writer, some of his published Punjabi novels include Chitti Maut, Inderjal, Pesh, Rape, Chup, Sponsorship, Napata Rukh, Paldi, and Mohenjodaro in Canada. This interview is divided into three segments and includes three promotional videos. In the interview, Kalwant Nadeem Parmar talks about the violence of partition in 1947, his career as a teacher, his writing journey, his contribution for the magazine Watan, and Indo-Canadian literature.