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Three Rivers And A Tree
by Neelum Saran
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The University of Allahabad is the fourth oldest university in India, an institution that has produced innumerable political figures, jurists, bureaucrats, writers and men of letters. Its history resounds with famous names and its inspiring and entertaining campus lore has been passed down for decades. The story of the university has been enriched by the many constituent stories of the personalities therein, European and Indian. It counts, amongst its luminaries, Motilal Nehru, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Dr Meghnad Saha, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Dharamvir Bharti and many more. Not to forget vice chancellors like Sir Sunder Lal, Ganganatha Jha and Amarnatha Jha, who were legends in themselves. In this book, Neelum Saran Gour fondly recalls the many stories and anecdotes associated with the University to put together a comprehensive history of this iconic institution. Starting from the inception of the college at what was then Lowther Castle to its present-day status, she traces its long journey of almost 128 years, analyzing the history of the University against the backdrop of the emergence of the Indian nation. Along the way she also reflects on some of the unforgettable personalities that peopled the campus. A centre of high learning, a political hub during the national movement and a celebrated literary nucleus, the story of Allahabad University is one that deserves to be told and, more importantly, read by all.
About The Author
Neelum Saran Gour (born 12 October 1955) is a well-known Indian English writer of fiction who represents a special category of fiction that arose in the early 1990s and depicted the world of North India’s small towns and their vibrant cultural histories. She is the author of five novels, four collections of short stories and one work of literary non-fiction.
he has edited a pictorial volume on the history and culture of the city of Allahabad, where she lives and works, and has also translated one of her early novels into Hindi. In recent years she has come to be recognized as one of the leading practitioners of Indian English fiction coming out of the North Indian heartland.Neelum Saran Gour’s first writings were magazine stories published in popular Indian literary magazines of the nineteen eighties.
One of these was spotted by the Managing Director of the newly opened Penguin India, David Davidar, and he solicited her for a volume of short stories. The famous debut collection Grey Pigeon And Other Stories was released by Penguin India in 1993. It received rave reviews, winning Gour a Writers’ Fellowship in Britain from the Charles Wallace India Trust . Her next book, a novel, was titled Speaking of ’62 and was published by Penguin in 1995.
This was followed in 1997 by Winter Companions And Other Stories. In 2002 appeared Virtual Realities and in 2005 two novels were published, Sikandar Chowk Park by Penguin, and Messres Dickens, Doyle and Wodehouse Pvt.Ltd.
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