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	* [[Tirukkural translations]]		* [[Tirukkural translations]]
	* [[Tirukkural translations into Punjabi]]		* [[Tirukkural translations into Punjabi]]

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{{Infobox person
| name = Tarlochan Singh Bedi
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| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Translating [[Tirukkural]] into Punjabi
| occupation = Academician
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| spouse = Darshan Kaur Bedi
| children = Arvinder Singh Bedi and Gagandeep Singh Bedi
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'''Tarlochan Singh Bedi''' is an academician better known for translating the [[Tirukkural|Kural]] into [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].

==Biography==
With a master of arts degree and a doctorate, Tarlochan Singh Bedi served as principal of the Government College of Education at [[Faridkot, Punjab|Faridkot]], [[Punjab]]. Bedi has written articles on the cultural and linguistic similarities between [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. Bedi is married to Professor Darshan Kaur Bedi and has two sons.<ref name="TOI_KuralInPunjabi"/><ref name="Ritz_MascotOfDM"/> His elder son Arvinder Singh Bedi is a state manager of Magma, a finance company, and based at [[Ludhiana]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} His younger son Gagandeep Singh Bedi is Tamil Nadu Agriculture Secretary, known for his [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|tsunami rehabilitation work in 2004]] during his tenure as district collector in [[Cuddalore]].<ref name="TOI_KuralInPunjabi">{{cite news
| last = Mariappan
| first = Julie
| title = Tirukkural goes into Punjabi now
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 29 October 2012
| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Tirukkural-goes-into-Punjabi-now/articleshow/16999272.cms
| access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Ritz_MascotOfDM">{{cite journal
| last = Pinto
| first = Sanjay
| title = Mascot of Disaster Management: Gagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS
| journal = Ritz Magazine
| date = 3 October 2017
| url = http://www.ritzmagazine.in/mascot-of-disaster-management-gagandeep-singh-bedi-iasby-sanjay-pinto/
| access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2000, Bedi attended a seminar organised by the Tamil Department of the [[Madurai Kamaraj University]], where he was requested by the university's vice chancellor Dr. Salihu, who chaired the seminar, to translate the Kural text into Punjabi.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Bedi
| first = Tarlochan Singh
| title = Tirukkural in Punjabi
| publisher = Central Institute of Classical Tamil
| edition = First
| date = 2012
| location = Chennai
| language = ta, pa
| isbn =978-93-81744-02-4
}}</ref> Finding similarities between the ideas of [[Guru Nanak]] and those in the Kural text, Bedi started translating the Kural into Punjabi and completed it in 2012, which was published by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] in [[Chennai]].<ref name="TOI_KuralInPunjabi"/> According to Bedi, "the focal point of the Tirukkural is feelings of love for human beings, which is what Guru Nanak preached too."<ref name="TOI_KuralInPunjabi"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Punjab|Tamils|Literature|Poetry}}
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[Tirukkural translations into Punjabi]]
* [[List of translators]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Tarlochan Singh Bedi. (2012). ''Tirukkural in Punjabi'', Central Institute of Classical Tamil. 296 pages. {{ISBN|978-93-81744-02-4}}

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