Historical Narratives in Kushwant Singh's Literary Writings

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DR GURURAJ PRABHU K

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He was known as a man who revelled in contradictions: An agnostic who authored esteemed tomes on religion; a self-professed hedonist who led a remarkably disciplined and hard-working life; someone who took very little in public life seriously, least of all himself, but who’d had the courage to stand up for his beliefs, returning his Padma Bhushan in protest of Operation Blue Star; a celebrated ladies’ man who through his life had cared deeply about the education of the girl child, and had championed his female colleagues, entrusting them with senior portfolios throughout his career; indeed (to paraphrase Kipling) a man who could walk with kings and priPopularly, known as the ‘Dirty Old Man Of Indian Journalism’, Khushwant Singh was and will always be a writer, a columnist, and an author who inspires honesty and veracity in generations after him. He would have seen one more year of his life, had he been alive but he remains so in his verses, prose, and stories nonetheless.me ministers, but who never forgot his earthy roots, bawdy sense of humour or common touch. Khushwant Singh admitted that scholars superior to him had written on Sikh history and religion, but he was, as the historians Eleanor Nesbitt and Dr Priya Atwal reminded us, justly proud of his 2 volume History of the Sikhs and biography of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He is best selling author of over 80 books and two Weekly columns syndicated in over 40 English publications. India Today describes him "The Capital's best known living monument." In the year 1999, when Sikhs celebrated the 300th year of Khalsa at Anandpur sahib. It is estimated that about that million people visited the city at the time. To the delight of millions of Sikhs, he was honoured with "Order of (Nishaan-e-Khalsa), the highest decorum bestowed upon by the Sikhs community. His works range from political commentary and contemporary satire to outstanding translations of Sikh religious texts and Urdu poetry.

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DR GURURAJ PRABHU K (November-2016). Historical Narratives in Kushwant Singh's Literary Writings. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 1(2), 22-29. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD1611004.pdf

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