Famous People with Name Manjit

Manjit Tiwana            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Manjit Tiwana: an eminent poet, was born in Patiala, Punjab.She did her M.A. in Psychology and English from the Punjab University in 1969 and 1973 respectively, and Ph.D. in Psychology in 1984. She also did Diploma in Indian Theatre (Acting and Direction) in 1975.She has been a teacher of Psychology in colleges. She also worked as Head of the Department of Psychology in Government College for Women, Chandigarh.

Manjit Bawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Manjit Bawa: was an Indian painter.Between 1964 and 1971, Bawa worked as a silkscreen printer in Britain, where he also studied art. "On my return I faced a crisis. I asked myself, 'What shall I paint?' I couldn't be just another derivative of European style of painting." Instead, he found Indian mythology and Sufi (school of Islam) poetry. "I had been brought up on stories from the Mahabharat, the Ramayan, and the Puranas (Hindu mythological and sociological texts), on the poetry of Waris Shah (a Punjabi poet) and readings from the Guru Granth Sahib (holy book of the Sikhs)," he says.