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Barjinder Singh Hamdard, the Editor-in-Chief of the Ajit group of Publications (Ajit is the most popular newspaper published from Jalandhar), is an intellectual journalist, singer and Former Member of Rajya Sabha. Born on 20 August 1944 in the house of Dr. Sadhu Singh Hamdard (legendry Punjabi writer and journalist), S. Barjinder Singh started his journalistic journey with Punjabi Tribune. He was the founder editor of Punjabi Tribune and established that paper in such a way that he himself came to be known as great name in Punjabi journalism. When he took over Ajit, Punjabi Newspaper, he added new milestones at every step of progress of this group. Under his leadership Ajit become a multi-edition newspaper with state of the art technology, one of the widest network of reporters covering Punjab centric affairs across the world and struck a chord with Punjabis not only at home but among the wider diaspora. His contribution to literature is also highly significant. Embodying the subtle and complex narrative of human relationships, his novel Kujh Patre was instant hits, which caught the imagination of vast Punjabi readership, was translated into Gujarati and serialized in eight episodes on Doordarshan, Jalandhar in 1991. This creativity imbued with brilliant imaginative refractions and renderings is spread over half a dozen books including the admirable travelogue Dhartian de Geet and collection of his special editorials.