The Built Heritage of Amritsar

Gurmeet is one of India’s most renowned conservation architect's, who has been internationally recognised, most notably by UNESCO, for her work. Gurmeet talks about her 20 year engagement with the city of Amritsar to conserve some of it's historic buildings.

Gurmeet Rai

Gurmeet S. Rai is a conservation architect based in New Delhi, India who established CRCI, a conservation consultancy whose works include conservation and for the Gobindgarh Fort in Amritsar and the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab and conservation plans for historic buildings in the Golden temple in Amritsar. Her vast experience in conservation and heritage management has been recognized by the World Monuments Fund in New York.

Prof William Gould & Prof Sarah Ansari

The politics behind the Partition of India in 1947

Phillip Deslippe

The origins of Yogi Bhajan's yoga and the reorienting of his 3HO group towards Sikhism

Sathnam Sanghera

Our final talk of the 2024 Bookclub series was with award-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera. in discussion with Amandeep Bhangu. His most recent book, Empireworld, a sequel to Empireland, extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain.

Prof Lou Fenech

Lou Fenech returns to the UKPHA Bookclub to present another captivating talk that will focus on Guru Gobind Singh’s Darbar (Divine Court).

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