Harbhajan Singh Khalsa detailed demand for a retraction published under the title "Time Will Tell" in the 3HO publication "Beads of Truth", Issue 36, Fall 1977. Harbhajan Singh is mentioned in a range of reference works, including the "New Age Encyclopedia". Western scholarly appraisal of his work may be found in Hew McLeod's "Who is a Sikh?" and "Sikhism", and in Verne A. Dusenbery's article "Punjabi Sikhs and Gora Sikhs: Conflicting Assertions of Sikh Identity in North America". BBC interviewed Singh at the 300th anniversary celebration of the Baisakhi holiday at Anandpur Sahib, India in 1999. Harbhajan Singh is also featured in books
Harbhajan Singh World Cup-winning team of 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was conferred the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009. Harbajan Singh was born into a Sikh family. He is the only son of Sardar Sardev Singh Plaha, a businessman who owned a ball bearing and valve factory. Growing up with five sisters, Harbhajan was in line to inherit the family business, but his father insisted that he concentrate on his cricket career and represent India. Harbhajan was trained as a batsman by his first coach Charanjit Singh Bhullar, but converted to spin bowling after his coach's untimely death