It Is A Delightful Collection Of 41 Short Stories, Several Of Which First Appeared In Kartar Singh DuggalýS Twelfth Collection Of Stories In Punjabi Ik Chhit Chanan Di Which Won The Sahitya Akademi Award In 1965. The Stories In This Volume Reflect The Indian Scene In Its Rare Moments Of Agony And Ecstasy, Triumph And Tribulation, Harmony And Discord.
K S Duggal'S Short Stories Form A Collage Of Human Emotions Abounding In, Joys And Sorrows, Agony And Ecstasy. His Pen Delves Deep Into The Bottom Of Human Heart And Brings Out It'S Every Nuance, Wonderfully Woven In The Fabric Of Imagery. Always A Poet At Heart, Duggal Blends Exquisite Lyricism With Emotions Of High Idealism, Moral Self-Examination And A Subtle Awareness Of Beauty. This Explains The External Values Of Truth And Beauty That Swarm In His Short Stories Which Leapfrog Each Other.
A Fellow of the National Academy of Letters K.S. Duggal (born 1917) is a celebrated author in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu and English with several publications which have brought him distinction and honours like Padma Bhushan in 1988 and nomination as Member of Rajya Sabha in 1997. Honoured as Punjabi Writer of the Millennium in the World Punjabi Conference in 2000 Dr. Duggal has been endowed with Doctorate of Literature by the Punjabi University, Ghalib Award and Hindi Sansthan Award by the President of India.
Like All Other Prominent Faiths, The Sikh Religion, Too, Has Prescribed Prayers For Daily Observance. While Utmost Importance Is Given To The Early Morning Called Amrit Vela- The Ambrosial Hour, There Is A Short-Duration Prayer For The Evening And Another For The Late Evening, Before Going To Bed. Essentially A Modern Religion (It’S Only 500 Years Old) The Sikh Gurus Did Not Prescribe Any Pre-Requisites Or Postures Besides Simple Bath In The Morning And Physical Cleanliness At Other Hours. Early Morning, Evening Or The Late Evening, It Is Remembering The Divine Entity; There Is Nothing Specific Distinguishing One Prayer Are Designed To Be Five In Number. These Are: Japuji (Guru Nanak) , Jaap Saheb, Shabd Hazare And Swwaiye (Guru Gobind Singh) , Rehras And Kirtan Sohila (Miscellaneous). Kartar Singh Duggal, A Noted Litterature Has Transcreated These ‘Banis’ With Utmost Devotion For The Followers Of The Great Sikh Gurus Who Are More Proficient In English.
By Sheer Force Of His Personality Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Born In 1780, Became The Unquestioned Ruler Of The Punjab From 1799 To 1839, His Kingdom Being The Last Bastion To Hold Out Against The British-A Symbol Of Their Incomplete Conquest Of India. Relying On Unconventional Statecraft And Dazzling Display Of Daring And Courage, He Wielded His Warrior Nation To Extend The Empire From The Sutlej To Kabul In Afghanistan And From Ladakh To Iskardu And Tuklakote In Little Tibet. Every Invasion Of India Till Then Had Been From West To East, Across The Indus, From 2000 Bc Onwards, When The Aryans Came In. For The First Time In History, An Indian Ruler Went Westwards, Crossed The Indus River In 1826 And Hoisted His Flag On Kabul Fort. This Is The Story Of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Whose Kingdom Was The Last To Lay Arms Before The British Who Had Annexed The Entire Sub- Continent.
It Is A Delightful Collection Of 41 Short Stories, Several Of Which First Appeared In Kartar Singh DuggalýS Twelfth Collection Of Stories In Punjabi Ik Chhit Chanan Di Which Won The Sahitya Akademi Award In 1965. The Stories In This Volume Reflect The Indian Scene In Its Rare Moments Of Agony And Ecstasy, Triumph And Tribulation, Harmony And Discord.
The Sikh People Have Been In The News A Great Deal, Of Late. But When Did They Ever Not Make News? Whether It Was Guru Nanak Who Declined To Wear The Hindu Sacred Thread As A Mere Ritual Or Guru Tegh Bahadur, His Ninth Incarnation Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice Of His Life So That A Hindu'S Right To Wear The Sacred Thread Is Not Violated; Whether It Was Guru Arjan, An Apostle Of Non-Violence Who, Treading Always The Righteous Path, Underwent The Severest Physical Torture Before Laying Down His Life, Or Guru Gobind Singh Who, Wielding A Sword In The Name Of God And Creating An Army Of Saint-Soldiers, Offered A Formidable Fight To The Unjust Rulers Of The Day; Or Whether It Was Maharaja Ranjit Singh, A Secular Sikh Sovereign Who Reigned In The Name Of Guru Nanak And Guru Gobind Singh And Yet Had A Hindu As His Prime Minister And A Muslim As His Foreign Affairs Minister. When The British Came The Sikhs Were The Last To Lay Down Arms And The First To Raise Arms Against Them. Out Of 2,175 Patriots Who Gave Their Lives For The Country'S Freedom, 1,557 Were Sikhs. Out Of 2,646 Freedom Lovers Sentenced To Kala Pani (Andaman Islands) For Life Imprisonment, 2,147 Were Sikhs. Out Of 127 Martyrs Who Were Hanged During The Freedom Struggle, 92 Were Sikhs. When Independence Came, The Sikhs Cast In Their Lot With Secular India. This Heroic Community Is In Search Of Truth And Fair Play Today. Kartar Singh Duggal, A Leading Sikh Creative Writer And Thinker, Attempts In These Pages To Narrate The Legend Of His People As Truthfully And As Objectively As Possible.
The first one on the rail-track was the father of my children. Then his friends lay alongside him and alongside them were their wives. The engine started whistling frantically from a long distance... The wheels of the train ran over many men. But no one moved from his place. All along the track we chanted: 'Praise be to the Almighty, the Formless One, Praise be...' The chant went on in unison. And then the train went backwards... When we were returning to our village that evening, my mother began to tell my sister the story of the Temple of the Guru's Palm. She told her how the Guru came that way with his disciple: how the disciple thirsted and Guru sent him to the dervish at the top of the hill; how the dervish turned him back three times: how the Guru asked his disciple to pick up a rock; how the spring burst forth from under it and the well of the dervish dried up; how the dervish had hurled the boulder; and how the Guru had said: Praise be to the Almighty, the Formless One, and stopped it with the palm of his hand.
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