Kothe Kharak Singh is a novel of epic dimensions spanning a period of three generations. It covers a period starting after 1940-42 and goes on to the ushering in of Janata Party’s rule after the emergency and then Indira Gandhi’s return to power. Such a long narration, having so many characters, with their different natures, and temperaments and different relationships with their peculiar problems, in the background of distinctive culture prevailing in the ...