Gurcharan Das: Rewriting Indian History in His Works of Fiction and Dramas
Exploring Indian History and Contemporary Society through Fiction and Dramas
by Karambir .*,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 16, Issue No. 1, Jan 2019, Pages 1374 - 1377 (4)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Gurcharan Das was born in 1943 at Lyallpur, now in Pakistan, in a middle class family. His father was an engineer and he spent his early childhood in Shimla and Delhi. He completed his graduation with Honours from Harvard University in philosophy and politics. He chose the world of private entrepreneurship and quickly rose to become the CEO of Procter and Gamble, India and later Vice President and Managing Director of the same company. He took an early retirement to become a full time writer as he felt an urge to find answers to existential problems faced by contemporary human society. Gurcharan Das is a regular columnist for The Times of India and other national and international Newspapers and magazines. He is a versatile personality and has shown his remarkable talents in different genres of literature. Along with his maiden novel A Fine Family (1990), he has published three plays Larins Sahib (1968), Mira (1970) and 9 Jakhoo Hill (1996). He has to his credit many non-fictional works also such as India Unbound From Independence to the Global Information Age (2000), The Elephant Paradigm India Wrestles with Change (2002), The Difficulty of Being Good On the Subtle Art of Dharma (2009) and India Grows at Night A liberal case for a Strong State (2012).
KEYWORD
Gurcharan Das, Indian history, fiction, dramas, private entrepreneurship, existential problems, contemporary human society, literature, novel, plays, non-fictional works