Punjabi lyricist Darshan Singh Shonki passed away yesterday after suffering from a cardiac arrest.
Darshan Singh (62), better known as Shankar Wala Shonki, has given songs to legendary Punjabi singers such as Jagmohan Kaur and others. A few of his songs that became quite famous are 'tich batnan di jodi', 'lagge mera bapu haan da', 'theka ni dona bhaian da' and more.
He hails from village Shankar, district Ludhiana.