professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 100th book

Autobiography of a Moderately Unknown Indo-American PART I

by

Prof Surjit Singh

From the Preface:

Born during the partition, grew up in Jamalpura, Maler Kotla (primary school), Ludhiana (high school and college), Chandigarh (Masters degree), Pittsburgh (Doctoral degree), Shillong (Lecturer), Bombay (Visiting Scientist), Waterloo, Canada and Lubbock Texas (Visiting Research Associate Professor), San Diego, California (Senior Scientist), Lansing and East Lansing, Michigan (retired), I hereby declare myself to be a “Moderately Unknown Indian-American”.

Listening to songs in 1949 and 50s and 60s, watching movies since 1952, collecting music since 1969, writing about Hindi films since 1996, publishing books since 2015, I hereby declare myself to be a “Die-hard Movie fanatic, Period”.

This is a partial record of my life, regular and musical, I have too much to remember and put down. This is the first in a series, mainly based on my website and my Facebook posts. I had a lot of fun writing it. I hope you like it too!

professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 103rd book

Anjaanee Chaah, A Novel (in HINDI)

by

Geetanjali Geet and Lalit Berry.

"One never knows when situations in life take turns, when invisible rays become visible, when one has to mould oneself at the insistence of family members especially kids."

Paperback 6 by 9, Black and White, 99 pages, color cover

Now You Know!

First few pages may be read here

professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 109th book

Hindi Talkie Filmography (1931-40)

Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'
and
Prof Surjit Singh

This book is a sister project, part of the much larger project undertaken by the two of us, with the help of many volunteers. Full details of the project can be seen on the main website

http://hamraaz.org/hfgk/index.php

The project is an outgrowth of the massive Hindi Film Geet Kosh (1980-) series of books compiled by the first author. The website is planned to contain all the data in the Geet Kosh, suitably expanded and revised by including the latest information.
The whole history of the Geet Kosh may be read in the My Story section of the above-mentioned website. Suffice it to say that after the pioneering work of Firoze Rangoonwalla and BV Dharap, Geet Kosh was a unique and original compilation work expanding the earlier work in many directions.
The database on the website is divided into three section for convenience. The Censor Certificate section has the information about the censored films. The Filmography section has the information about film production and other details. The Song section has detailed information about the songs.
It is a work in progress.
This book is based on the Filmography Section of Hindi Talkies Feature Films from 1931 to 1940.

Paperback, 6 by 9 in, 195 pages.

As usual, first ten pages may be read here