Sunday, August 23, 2015
THE RICH HERITAGE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
– STUDIES IN ART, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE REGION BY PROF.
SOMNATH WAKHLU
Prof. Somnath Wakhlu has basically
been a teacher of English literature but while working in the Amar Mahal Museum
and Library, Jammu for the last two and half decades his mind got yoked to many
devotions of Jammu and Kashmir art and architecture, history and culture,
mysticism and literature. And he passes
from one devotion to the other with athletic ease.
The present book is divided into two
parts: one is concerned with Jammu and the other with Kashmir. Then each part
is subdivided into various sections: first, art and architecture: second,
history and third, literature.
By a slightest reflection on this work
one can feel that he possesses a firm sense of composition, a sweep and compact
and delightful verve and eloquence.
Prof. Somnath Wakhlu born at Srinagar
in Kashmir, spent his life both in Jammu and Kashmir and thus he got steeped
both in Dogri and Kashmiri cultures. He was selected as Lecturer in English by the
State Public Service Commission. Later he was promoted as Professor of English.
Prof. Wakhlu is an orator and acknowledged as an eminent writer. He is a distinguished artist, historian and critic and has published more than two hundred and fifty articles on various subjects in various papers and journals and has been giving radio ’talks’ from the Jammu and Srinagar radio stations. He has contributed six articles to the Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, published by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. He has also written a few scripts for the Doordarshan. he has several books to his credit.
Book: The Rich Heritage of Jammu and Kashmir
Author: Prof. Somnath Wakhlu
ISBN: 81-212-0570-0
Language: English
Price: Rs 500 (Shipping/Courier Charges Extra)
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