Devinder Satyarthi
Devendra Satyarthi (1908-2003) was born at Bhadaur (now distt. Barnala), Patiala in the Indian state of Punjab. He was an Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature. He had a passion for folk songs and started collecting them to publish. He published over 50 books composed of novels, short stories, poems, essays and folksong anthologies in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi languages. His Punjabi poetic works are Dharti Dian Vajan, Murhka Te Kanak, Buddhi Nahin Dharti and Lakk Tunu Tunu.