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Barry
Lerner received an M.A. in South Asian Languages and
Civilizations in 1984 from the
University
of
Chicago,
where he studied Hindi, Urdu, and Persian Literature, with a
concentration in Literary Criticism. Lerner was awarded a
Hindi Language Fellowship by the American Institute of
Indian Studies in New Delhi
in 1980. Later he studied Arabic. His translation of some
Persian verses of Sa’di were published in Ehsan Yarshater’s
book Persian Literature (1988). He now teaches
English at the ELS Language Center in
Washington,
D.C.
and lives in Falls Church, Virginia. Lerner received
spiritual initiation from Sant Kirpal Singh in 1973 and, in
1988, was personally asked by Sant Darshan Singh to
translate his poetry.
Harbans Singh Bedi, the younger brother of Urdu short story
laureate Rajinder Singh Bedi, received his M.A. in English
Literature, with minors in Persian and Urdu Literature, from
India’s Government College, Lahore, in 1945. He taught
English at Government College, Rupar, until he entered
government service, retiring in 1980 as Assistant Director
General, Defense Lands and Cantonments. Bedi now works for
the public library system in Fairfax County, Virginia, and
lives in Arlington, Virginia. He received spiritual
initiation from Hazur Baba Sawan Singh in 1942. From
1978–1989, he translated Baba Sawan Singh’s and Sant Kirpal
Singh’s Punjabi and Hindi spiritual discourses into English
for Sat Sandesh magazine in Delhi under the direction
of Sant Darshan Singh, who also requested him to assist in
editing the Urdu manuscript of Mataa’-e Noor.
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