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Shyam Lal Sadhu ( Kashmir, 1917-2012) was an Indian writer.

He had his early education at the C.M.S. Biscoe School, Srinagar. He took his degree in 1936 from S.P. College, Srinagar ( University of Kashmir). He passed his M.A. in English literature at the University of Delhi in 1938. After working as a journalist, Sadhu became a lecturer at his alma mater, S.P. College. After teaching at various colleges as a professor in English Literature in Jammu and Kashmir State he became Principal at Government College, Sopore, and then at the V. B. Women's College, Srinagar.^{[ citation needed]}

He wrote in English and in Kashmiri, and in the early 1950s published a collection of stories, Folk Tales from Kashmir.^{[ citation needed]}

He received some national awards ^[1] and a UNESCO award for his book in Kashmiri on Vutsa Prang.^{[ citation needed]}

Works

In English

• Sadhu, Shyam Lal (2018). No Axe to Grind; Glimpses of the life in Kashmir. New Delhi: Utpal Publications. ASIN  8185217378.
• Sadhu, Shyam Lal (1962). Folk tales from Kashmir; with a foreword by G. M. Sadiq. New York: Asia Pub. House. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
• Sadhu, Shyam Lal (1967). Tales from the Rajatarangani. Kapoor Bros. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
• Sadhu, Shyam Lal (1983). Haba Khatoon. Makers of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN  9788126019540. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
• Jonarāja, Rājānaka; Dutt, Jogesh Chandra; Sadhu, Shyam Lal (1993). Medieval Kashmir: being a reprint of the Rajataranginis of Jonaraja, Shrivara and Shuka, as translated into English by J.C. Dutt and published in 1898 A.D. under the title "Kings of Kashmira". Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. ISBN  9788171563630. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
• Sadhu, Shyam Lal; Raina, B. K.; Bhavan, Bharatiya Vidya (2000). Place Names in Kashmir. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. ISBN  9788172761707. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
• Sadhu, Shyam Lal (2003). Rupa Bhavani. Makers of Indian literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. ISBN  81-260-0922-5. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

Non-English

• Sadhu, Shyam Lal (1967). Bīrbal: akha tavārīk̲h̲ī ḍrāmah. Kapoor Bros. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

References