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The Sikh writer, publisher, political commentator, conservationist and philanthropist Patwant Singh, who has died after a cardiac arrest aged 84, had a very rare ability to communicate compellingly with the wider world on many issues without losing touch with his deeply held faith.

For the first time ever a searchable collection of millions of rare pages on the Sikhs and the region of Panjab has been made available. Panjab Digital Library (PDL) will include texts of manuscripts, books, magazines, newspapers and photographs and will be available to anyone with Internet access at www.PanjabDigiLib.org.

The Sikh community has today lost one of its great stalwarts. A man of immense integrity , vision , and courage whose conscience never allowed him to keep silent on issues that he felt were important.