Chandigarh, November 2, Department of Languages, Punjab felicitated Paramjit Mann with the honor of the Cabinet Minister for Higher Education and Languages, Harjot Singh Bains and Padma Shri Surjit Patar on the occasion of Punjab Day on November 1 at Patiala for his story collection 'Reet De Ghar'. Awarded the 'Principal Sujan Singh Story Award' . There are ten stories in this story collection and most of them are related to the sea.
Paramjit Maan, son of Tara Singh, a resident of Barnala, a native village Rah, district Mansa, joined the Navy at an early age and went to sea.
Paramjit Mann in the treasury of literature till now, smoky mornings, burning evenings, on the sea page (poem), man of the sea; Reet de ghar (story collection), Samudranama (travel book), Bahadur women (translation) have added books. His stories have also been published in famous Hindi magazines Uttar Pradesh Nagrik, Adharshila, Kisa and Pushpagandha. The story 'Reet de Ghar' was published in Sarkari and all other stories have been published in other Punjabi magazines.
     Paramjit Mann says that Ram Saroop Ankhi inspired him to write the story. He said, "We have written and written about the villages, the courtyards and the rudis. Paramjit, you have the experience of the sea, write about it. The Punjabi reader does not have any writings about the sea."
  Due to this inspiration of Ankhi ji, I started writing the story. That true, great and sincere writer made me equal to the great writers in 'Kahani Punjab'. He said, "Paramjit your story is different. You are the first man to bring the theme of the sea in Punjabi literature".
   Paramjit Mann says that it was because of this encouragement that my first collection of stories 'Man of the Sea' came into existence. Aadharshila Publications Dehradun translated this collection of stories into Hindi. The Hindi translation was released in Mauritius and the Prime Minister of that place also honored me.
      Mann's 26 years of seafaring experience are documented in 'Samudranama'. This year's book is also in discussion. It is also worth mentioning here that Samudranama has been published as a weekly column in the Sunday edition of Punjabi Jagran newspaper and it has received great response from the readers. Paramjit Mann said that the Hindi translation of 'Samundranama' has also been done and soon the Hindi version of the book will also come.
     Apart from the popular Facebook authors, Paramjit Mann, an author with a unique and unique personality, has surprised the literary world by receiving the 'Best Book Award' of the Department of Languages, Punjab for 2020. The Department of Languages, Punjab is also being given a lot of praise for the selection of genuine and quality books by more and more writers.