Dr. Anand, a poet from Punjab donates his 130 books to National Library, Kolkata - creates record
Babushahi Bureau
Ludhiana, June 10, 2024: In a record-setting moment, Dr Jernail Singh Anand has presented 130 of his published books to the National Library, Kolkata. He calls it a Home Sweet Home for his work.
He has now sent 123 books to the Library while it already had 7 books by the author. Before this, Dr. Anand had donated 32 books to his alma mater SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana.
As a gesture of goodwill, he proposes to send one set of his books to Punjabi University Patiala too from where he did his MA in English and where his name appears in the Most Prominent Alumni of the University [Edurank] and another to Panjab University, Chandigarh, from where he did his doctoral studies.
Dr. Anand is a towering figure of world literature who was recently crowned with the prestigious award 'Charter of Morava' at the 60th Belgrade World Writers Meet, 2023.
His name was engraved on the Poets' Rock in Serbia, which is a rare honor for a poet Dr. Anand is the only poet from Punjab, and India who was thus honored by the Serbian Writers Association, after Shri Rabindra Nath Tagore.
Dr. Anand believes that a poet should be in the service of mankind, not only the human society, or even the world society, his sympathies extend over to the cosmic society.
For him, every object, bird, tree, animal, water, mountain, - every object is worthy of respect. He has authored 9 epics and his most discussed book is Lustus: The Prince of Darkness, which is a satire which places him close to authors like Daniel Defoe.
Lustus blasts the modern corporatization of life systems, and in the 3rd part of the Mahakaal Trilogy, Dr. Anand fabulates a post-Kalyuga world in his epic: The Ultronic Age. It was given these literary achievements, that the University of Engg. and Management, Jaipur, conferred on him the Honoris Causa Doctoral Degree in Literature.
Apart from literary creation, Dr. Anand is also spearheading the International Academy of Ethics.