Dherminder is a young journalist who belongs to the Cholistan desert in Pakistan. Dherminder graduated from Inter taking his degree from Government Khwaja Fareed Postgraduate College. He belongs to a well-read family, his grandfather was a writer and his father, Preetam Das Balach has been working at the Daily Express Urdu newspaper in Pakistan for 15 years as a correspondent.

Dherminder has been involved with various social organisations within the city. He frequently attends workshops, trainings held by different NGOs. Through this, Dherminder found a way of continuing his education. Over a period of five years, Dherminder accumulated a lot of firsthand knowledge of minority, gender and religious rights. He also worked on peace, tolerance and pluralism. For a year, Dherminder also voluntarily taught the children of the village. In the future he plans to pursue proper higher education in journalism