Night of the Restless Spirits

In Sarbpreet Singh’s story “The Survivor”, included in his new collection Night Of The Restless Spirits, we glimpse the human face of the tragedy vividly-first, through a haze of bitter irony, followed by a pall of horrific violence…In several other stories in the collection, though written over a span of 30 years, the freshness of the tragedy and a mounting sense of grief are still palpable. ― Mint Lounge

‘Not for the faint-hearted, Night of the Restless Spirits, shows the events of 1984 through the prism of many lives and explores its far-reaching impact on members of the community as well as on non-Sikhs associated with them…With this book, Sarbpreet Singh touches on the fragility of life, survivor’s guilt, mob mentality and the power of one’s conscience as well its fickleness, to bring out the best and worst of human nature.’ ― The Hindu

Sarbpreet Singh, a writer, playwright, podcaster and commentator, is the author of Kultar’s Mime (2016), The Camel Merchant of Philadelphia (2019), The Night of the Restless Spirits (2020), The Story of the Sikhs: 1469–1708 (2021) and The Sufi’s Nightingale (2023). He is also the author of Jujhar Cheema, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, set in Punjab in the early 1990s. His podcast Story of the Sikhs, which has listeners in ninety countries and is currently in its fourth season, has an expansive sweep and has become a valuable resource for students of Sikh history. His work has been featured on the BBC and National Public Radio, and his commentary has appeared in several newspapers in the US, India and Pakistan. Sarbpreet Singh is also the founder of the Gurmat Sangeet Project, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of Sikh sacred music.