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Ludhiana Personality :: Professor Niranjan Singh Tasneem
NIRANJAN SINGH TASNEEM (Born 1929) is author of 27 books in Punjabi, Urdu and English including 12 novels, 10 books of literary criticism and 3 books of essays. He has translated several works into English, Hindi and Punjabi. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate classes in English for more than three decades and was Professor emeritus from 1987-1993 at GHG Khalsa College, Saddhar. He has also been fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1998-99).
Prof N.S. Tasneem retired some years ago from the Department of English of the local Government College. Primarily he considers himself a teacher of English and than a Punjabi novelist. During his college days, he dabbled for sometime in Urdu ghazal and then switched over to Urdu fiction. Later, he immersed himself in Punjabi novel and criticism. In 1999, he received Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel “Gwache Arth” (The Lost Meanings). Earlier in 1995 the state government had honoured him with the Shiromani Sahitkar Purskar.
“I look forward as much as I look back. I want to do some more creative work of a different type. In fiction, I may come up with a novel depicting the cross currents of modern life. But I am more inclined towards literary criticism these days. Narrative modes fascinate me and I want to find out how a particular perspective changes the whole concept of the writer.” Prof N.S. Tasneem said.
Professor Tasneem has changed tracks and is venturing into new avenues. In May 2002, the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, published his book Narrative Modes in Punjabi Novel where he had worked on this project as Fellow. “This, as the critics say, has cut new ground so far as Punjabi literary criticism is concerned. The other book in Punjabi , “Aaeene de Rubru” (September 2002) is my long overdue literary autobiography. In it I have traced my writing career beginning in the, 50s to the present day,” says Professor Tasneem.
Professor Tasneem has also written scores of “middles” in The Tribune. These will be compiled in two books, “The Corridors of Time” and “The Golden Mists”. Now a publisher in Delhi has planned to publish his 100 “middles” in a book entitled “Moods and Moments”. These articles in totality can be termed as my spiritual autobiography, he said.
Prof Niranjan Tasneem, Sahit Akademi awardee. Niranjan Tasneem considers novel an 'art form'. As such narrative purity has been of prime importance to him. He depicts the plight of the modern man as a victim of existential dichotomy. In his award-winning novel Gawache Arth (The lost meanings), he has compared the happenings of 1947 with those of 1984.
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