Seven Great Souls of India

Born in Peshawar (Now in Pakistan) Prof. A.P. Talwar wake of partition in 1947. After obtaining a post-graduate degree in English literature, he began teaching language and literature at college level. He was later selected for Punjab Educational Service and served as a lecturer at Government College Ropar, Hissar and Dharamsala for a total period of seven years. In 1963, he was selected by the U.P.S.C. in Class I service as a Professor at the prestigious Indian Agricultural Research Institute. He bade adieu to the Institute having opted for retirement in 1986 and since then is wholly devoted to reading and writing apart from occasional traveling. Having learnt a number of languages through the years e.g. German, Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Nepali, Digri, Punjabi (Gurmukhi) and after acquiring higher qualifications IN HIGHER Hindi and modern Persian, he is competent to render translations from one language to another with facility. He writes in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi from print media as well as radio. Besides, he writes from children. Some of his scripts are currently under publication. His interest are: Literature, Travelling, naturopathy, Spiritualism, Human Relations, Psychology etc. His book on Himalayas entitled “Himalayan odyssey –Journeys to mountains shrines and hill –stations of India and Nepal” came out in October, 1996.