Jag Thind

Jag Thind was born in 1954 in Singapore, to immigrant Punjabi parents. Singapore had then recently gained its independence but as a former British Colony, it had to reckon with its British hangover in terms of language, culture, and society.
The author attended primary school in Singapore and high school in India. After serving national service in Singapore, he enrolled in the institute of education to train as a secondary school teacher. He graduated with a bachelor of arts, majoring in English from Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada. Jag migrated to Australia in the mid-1980s to pursue a Master's in education and has been teaching English since. He lives in Melbourne with his spouse and offspring as well as a tankful of oriental goldfish. Jag identifies himself as a hybrid citizen of the planet. The man has travelled extensively and apart from painting naïve art, he enjoys reading and writing. 67 Sophia Road; House on the Hill is a cumulation of travel, hindsight, nostalgia and fantasy.