: ‘I want to be Tagore’: The story for which every Punjabi student knows Mohan Bhandari (1937-2021) #IndiaNEWS Several generations of Punjabi students know Mohan Bhandari (1937-2021) by his classic

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‘I want to be Tagore’: The story for which every Punjabi student knows Mohan Bhandari (1937-2021) #IndiaNEWS
Several generations of Punjabi students know Mohan Bhandari (1937-2021) by his classic story “Mainu Tagore Bana de, Ma� (“Ma, I want to be Tagore�), which featured for decades in Punjabi school textbooks. Bhandari was an acclaimed writer and recipient of several awards, including the national Sahitya Akademi Award, besides being the life and soul of literary circles of Chandigarh. Born in Banbhaura village of Sangrur district in Punjab, Bhandari wrote his first short story while still in Class 9. There was no looking back after this. A prolific writer of short fiction as well as a translator, he has to his credit seven collections of short stories and five books of stories translated from Hindi and Urdu, besides a number of books he edited.Bhandari won the Sahitya Akademi award for his collection of stories “Moon di Akh� in 1997, but in 2015 in solidarity with the nationwide protest by writers against growing intolerance, he returned the award, stating: “It pains me to see growing intolerance and communalism against which we writers have always raised a strong voice in our writings. Returning the award is a way of bringing attention to the disturbing conditions prevailing in the country today.�~ by Nirupama DuttThe smoke rose from...Read more

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