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P. Lal | |
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 P. Lal an author and a writer | |
| Born | 30 October 1946 Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Author and Writer |
| Education | Master of Science (Physics), Lucknow University
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Lucknow University Bachelor of Science (Pass), Lucknow University |
| Spouse | Geeta Lal |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Purnima Lal (daughter) |
P. Lal is an Indian author and a contributor of articles to newspapers. He has authored six books and contributed 120 articles to various newspapers, primarily writing 'middles' for editorial pages. He is also a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Punjab cadre. His first article, "Bomb in a Basket," appeared in The Tribune on July 28, 1992. Since then, he has maintained his interest in writing and honed his skills.
Early life and family
editP. Lal was born on October 30, 1946, in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father, Bishun Narain, was a gazetted officer in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Lal received his education in Uttar Pradesh, mainly in Lucknow. He is married to Geeta Lal, and they have a daughter named Purnima Lal. They reside in Chandigarh, India.
Education and schooling
editP. Lal earned a Master of Science (Physics) and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh in 1966 and 1965, respectively. He was appointed as a Lecturer in the Physics Department of Lucknow University at the age of 20, where he taught graduate and postgraduate classes from 1966 to 1969 before joining the Indian Police Service.
Writing and literary
editP. Lal has authored six books and contributed 120 articles, including 91 'middles,' to established and reputed newspapers such as The Tribune, Hindustan Times, and Daily World. His last three books—Gift of Life[1], River Saraswati and the Aryans[2], and Hindu, Hinduism and Hindutva-Bharat a Sanatana Rashtra[3] —form a trilogy that examines ideas from ancient Indian texts and modern science and technology. These books attempt to fuse, synthesize, and reconcile these ideas, prioritizing reason and rationality in case of conflict.
His opinion pieces cover a wide range of subjects, including the Indian Constitution, conflicts between the Central Bureau of Investigation and state police, terrorism, corruption in public services, and scientific perspectives on the concept of God. His 'middles' explore various aspects of human behavior, emotions, actions, and reactions.
All six books by P. Lal have been launched by the highest dignitaries of Indian states, including Governors. The forewords of these books have been written by eminent individuals, and the books have received wide publicity and public acclaim.
Books
edit- Hindu, Hinduism and Hindutva: Bharat a Sanatana Rashtra[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8]
- Launched by Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Punjab, on November 16, 2023. Foreword by Professor Tankeshwar Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana. Published by Mohindra Publishing House, Chandigarh(2023).
- 'River Saraswati and the Aryans[2],[9],[10]'
- Launched by Bandaru Dattatreya, Governor of Haryana, on November 2, 2022. Forewords by Dr. KN Pathak, former Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University Chandigarh, and Saroj Bala, former member Central Board of Direct Taxes CBDT who also served as Director of Indian Institute of Scientific Studies on Vedas. Published by Mohindra Publishing House, Chandigarh(2022).
- Gift of Life[1],[11],[12],[13]
- Launched by Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Punjab & Administrator of UT Chandigarh, on October 30, 2021. Forewords by N.C. Jain, Former Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, and former Chief Justice Gauhati High Court, and by Professor S.K. Sharma, Former Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh. Published by Mohindra Publishing House, Chandigarh(2021).
- SAMM (Stories, Anecdotes, and Motivational Messages)[14],[15]
- Launched by V.P. Singh Badnore, the then Governor of Punjab & Administrator of UT Chandigarh, on September 2, 2020. Foreword by Dr. KN Pathak, Former Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Published by Mohindra Publishing House, Chandigarh(2020).
- From the Pen of a Cop[14],[15]
- Launched by V.P. Singh Badnore, the then Governor of Punjab & Administrator of UT Chandigarh, on September 2, 2020. Foreword by Ruskin Bond, noted Indian writer. Published by Mohindra Publishing House, Chandigarh(2020).
- Let's Laugh & Laugh Hahaha...[14],[15]
- Launched by V.P. Singh Badnore, the then Governor of Punjab & Administrator of UT Chandigarh, on September 2, 2020. Foreword by Dr. SS Bhatti, Former Principal, Chandigarh College of Architecture. Published by Mohindra Publishing House, Chandigarh(2020).
Articles:
editThere are 120 in all on various subjects in different newspapers of repute . These received wide reactions from the reading public. References of only 53 are given below .
Opinion pieces:
edit1. Daily Post- The will of the people, 24 October 2015
2. The Tribune- Punjab must prevent terror from spreading, 21 November 2018
3. Daily World- Crisis in the CBI [16] , 17 December 2018
4. Daily World- CBI and the Kolkata Police confrontation [17] , 13 February 2019
5. Daily World- Row over Bharat and Sanatana Dharma , 18 September 2023
Miscellaneous:
edit6. The Tribune -Flying saucers: an abiding mystery, 18 August 1994
7. The Tribune- Bermuda or Devil’s Triangle , 02 June 1996
8. The Tribune- Are we heading towards extinction? , 30 June 1996
9. The Tribune -How Nero fiddled…, 21 July 1996
10. Hindustan Times- Study Through The Year, Rest During Exams, 24 February 2019
11. The Tribune- Bending Rules, 15 September 1996
12. The Tribune , The Titanic also sank , 13 October 1996
13. Hindustan Times, Lessons in Bathing…. , 20 October 2019
14. The Tribune , When a plane struck…, 09 February 1997
15. The Tribune, The unsolved puzzle of origin of man, 19 April 1998
16. The Tribune, This much and no more, 27 June 1998
17. The Tribune, Nuclear War Next Year!! , 26 July 1998
18. The Tribune, The Fat Man and the Little Boy[18] , 19 September 1998
19. The Tribune, The mystery of the eighth continent, 03 October 1999
20. The Tribune, The ship that disappeared-or did it? , 21 November 1999
21. The Tribune, Saying bye-bye to bureaucracy, 12 December 1999
22. The Tribune, Playing host to many a ghost [19] , 16 January 2000
23. The Tribune , What a devious way to kill!! [20] , 12 March 2000
24. The Tribune, Taking corruption by its horns [21] , 15 October 2000
25. The Tribune, The katha of Kayasthas [22] , 24 February 2001
26. The Tribune , Does science point to the existence of God?[23] , 13 January 2002
27. The Tribune, Blue Marvel Down Under [24] , 07 May 2006
28. The Tribune, Lest we forget the Gem, 12 December 2019
29. The Tribune, On Security ( Chandigarh Calling ), 24 August 1992
Spice of Life column in “Hindustan Times”:
edit30. The many faces of Facebook I like, 11 September 2015
31. The face of a sister on Facebook, 18 August 2016
32. Striking real bonding in virtual world, 02 January 2017
33. When the chief became the principal chief, 27 June 2017
34. Short course that changed my life’s course, 16 October 2017
35. Saying no to Diwali gifts can be tricky, 11 November 2018
36. The golden jubilee reunion at Mussoorie , 16 July 2019
37. Summer vacation and flu pandemic of 1957 [25] , 14 April 2020 5.
“Daily World” - Middles
edit38. Of committees, cabinets and coteries, 01 January 2016
39. Climbing up to a Padma award!, 23 January 2016
40. The defence of Lucknow [26] , 13 November 2019
41. Naming and shaming [27] , 24 April 2020
42. Divinity in ‘ divine proportion’ [28] , 15 May 2020
“Daily Post”- Middles:
edit43. Gift of Bhagwad Gita to Emperor Akihito, 07 October 2015
44. Confidential, secret and top secret, 03 December 2015
45. The daytime robbery, 10 August 2016
46. God will save them!, 13 September 2016
47. Source of eternal inspiration!, 06 March 2017
48. The law is an ass!, 12 June 2018
49. The vanishing trick! , 03 November 2018
50. The babu and the baboon, 23 March 2019
51. Maze of medical opinions , 04 June 2019
52. Yoga and its many faces, 04 July 2019
“The Tribune”- Middles:
edit53. Bomb in a basket, 28 July 1992
54. The Blue Book and the honeybees [29], 18 November 2000
55. The daunting doubt that vanished! [30] , 30 January 2001
56. “ Holi Milan” that wasn’t [31] , 10 March 2001
57. “ Kothi, makaan and quarter” [32] , 09 June 2001
58. When in Paris, do as… [33] , 17 July 2001
59. Comedy of errors [34] , 06 October 2001
60. Passing the test! [35] ,07 December 2001
61. The mystery remains [36] , 06 March 2002
62. The witty Pandit [37] , 31 May 2002
63. Urgent, most urgent and immediate [38] , 10 July 2002
64. The lure of the IAS! [39] , 02 September 2002
65. When I saw Kiran cry! [40] , 11 October 2002
66. The complaints game! [41] , 25 December 2002
67. Money makes the cops go…[42] 08 March 2003
68. The story of an imported watch [43] , 07 May 2003
69. The bygone mango days [44] , 08 August 2003
70. The civic sense [45] , 11 October 2003
71. The “ middle” connoisseurs [46] , 24 December 2003
72. Remembering Atwal [47] , 23 February 2004
73. The empty bottles of… [48] , 07 April 2004
74. The cost of a cuppa tea [49] , 10 May 2004
75. The business of business management [50] , 26 July 2004
76. Copped out [51] , 17 May 2005
77. Thank you, Air New Zealand! [52], 28 February 2006
78. Where customer is the king [53] , 29 September 2010
79. Divali dreams [54] , 03 November 2010
80. The British way [55] , 20 December 2010
81. March of time [56] , 01 April 2011
82. The babu and the bureaucrat [57] , 25 May 2011
83. Travails of the Lokpal to be [58] , 22 July 2011
84. The second class [59] , 01 October 2011
85. Fudging the DNA [60] , 09 December 2011
86. Corrupt and clever [61] , 01 February 2012
87. Benign, complex and inspired [62] , 18 April 2012
88. The cart before the horse [63] , 08 September 2012
89. Touching the feet [64] , 19 June 2014
90. Unbelievable: Law-fearing policemen [65], 12 August 2014
91. Regaining the pride [66] , 15 September 2014
92. Breaching the hierarchy [67] , 23 October 2014
93. Following the Blue Book , 10 December 2014
94. Three doctors, three opinions, 23 March 2015
95. The middle path , 29 April 2015
96. Then and now , 12 June 2015
97. A birthday that wasn’t , 09 September 2015
98. The Achilles’ heel , 03 November 2015
99. Sweet and sour , 01 January 2016
100. The redundant club, 08 March 2016
101. It stops at the minister’s seat, 09 May 2016
102. And the word got around, 29 July 2016
103. Saved of bloodbath , 01 January 2017
104. Ways of the CBI, 03 March 2017
105. Truth be told , 19 April 2017
106. A true leader of men , 30 May 2017
107. Bit by bit, learning trade tricks , 12 September 2017
108. The loss of a dented helmet, 24 October 2018
109. Weird ideas at Science Congress , 08 January 2019
110. We have time, let’s talk to plants , 04 May 2020
111. Crossing paths after 50 years , 27 November 2020
112. Role models in uniform , 15 January 2021
113. An everlasting friendship, 29 April 2021
114. Chasing the rain clouds , 15 July 2021
115. As jolly as they come , 25 August 2021
116. A bald pate getting re carpeted [68] , 30 December 2021
117. Recalling the Kashmir exodus, 28 March 2022
118. Encounters with politicians, 11 April 2023
119. Pandemonium at PM’s public meeting, 28 December 2023
120. Bangles, franchise and Nari Shakti , 19 May 2024
References
edit- ^ a b "Book Review 'Gift of Life'". The Tribune. 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Coverage of the launch of the book on River Saraswati and the Aryans". punjabtribune.com. Punjabi Tribune. 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Coverage of launch of the book on Hindu, Hinduism and Hindutva- Bharat a Sanatana Rashtra". epaper.indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. 17 November 2023. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ "Exploring the Essence of Hinduism and Hindutva: Former IPS officer's Perspective on India's Cultural Identity". The Pioneer. 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Coverage of launch of the book on Hindu, Hinduism, and Hindutva- Bharat a Sanatana Rashtra". Hindustan Times. 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Coverage of the launch of the book on Hindu, Hinduism, and Hindutva- Bharat a Sanatana Rashtra". epaper.dailyworld.in. Daily World. 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Punjab Governor launches former DGP's book on Hindu, Hinduism, and Hindutva- Bharat a Sanatana Rashtra". Punjabi News. The Fact News. 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Coverage of the launch of the book on Hindu, Hinduism, and Hindutva- Bharat a Sanatana Rashtra" (in Hindi). Khabar Nama. 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Coverage of the launch of the book on River Saraswati and the Aryans". Fact News. 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Coverage of the launch of the book on River Saraswati and the Aryans". epaper.dailyworld.in. 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Release of the book 'Gift of Life' by Governor Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh". Daily World. 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Coverage of the book 'Gift of Life'". Hindustan Times. 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Release of book ' Gift of Life'". United News of India.
- ^ a b c "Governor Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh Sh. V. P. Singh Badnore, virtually released three books titled; From the Pen of a Cop, SAMM and Let's Laugh & Laugh Hahaha- Authored by Retd. IPS officer (Punjab) Mr. P. Lal from Punjab Raj Bhawan". Chandigarh Today. 2 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Review of the book 'From the Pen of a Cop' and other two books". The Tribune. 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Crisis in the CBI". Daily World. 17 December 2018.
- ^ "CBI and the Kolkata Police Confrontation". Daily World. 13 February 2019.
- ^ "The Fatman and the little boy". The Tribune, Saturday Plus. 19 September 1998.
- ^ "Playing host to many a ghost". The Tribune , Sunday Reading. 16 January 2000.
- ^ "What a devious way to kill!". The Tribune, Sunday Spectrum. 12 March 2000.
- ^ "Taking corruption by its horns". The Tribune, Sunday Spectrum. 15 October 2000.
- ^ "The katha of Kayasthas". The Tribune, Saturday Windows. 15 October 2000.
- ^ "Does science point to the existence of God?". The Tribune, Sunday Spectrum. 13 January 2002.
- ^ "Blue Marvel Down Under". The Tribune, Sunday Spectrum. 7 May 2006.
- ^ "Summer vacation and flu pandemic of 1957". Hindustan Times, Spice of life. 14 April 2020.
- ^ "The Defence of Lucknow". Daily World. 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Naming and Shaming". Daily World. 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Divinity in 'divine proportion'". Daily World. 15 May 2020.
- ^ "The Blue Book and the honeybees". The Tribune. 18 November 2000.
- ^ "The daunting doubt that vanished". The Tribune. 30 January 2001.
- ^ "" Holi Milan" that wasn't". The Tribune. 10 March 2001.
- ^ ""Kothi, makaan and quarter"". The Tribune. 9 June 2001.
- ^ "When in Paris, do as …". The Tribune. 17 July 2001.
- ^ "Comedy of errors". The Tribune. 6 October 2001.
- ^ "Passing the test !". The Tribune. 7 December 2001.
- ^ "The mystery remains". The Tribune. 6 March 2002.
- ^ "The witty Pandit". The Tribune. 31 May 2002.
- ^ "Urgent, most urgent, and immediate". The Tribune. 10 July 2002.
- ^ "The lure of the IAS!". The Tribune. 2 September 2002.
- ^ "When I saw Kiran cry !". The Tribune. 11 October 2002.
- ^ "The complaints game !". The Tribune. 25 December 2002.
- ^ "Money makes the cops go…". The Tribune. 8 March 2003.
- ^ "The story of an imported watch". The Tribune. 15 September 2014.
- ^ "The bygone mango days". The Tribune. 8 August 2003.
- ^ "The civic sense". The Tribune. 11 October 2003.
- ^ "The " middle" connoisseurs". The Tribune. 24 December 2003.
- ^ "Remembering Atwal". The Tribune. 23 February 2004.
- ^ "The empty bottles of …." The Tribune. 7 April 2004.
- ^ "The cost of a cuppa tea". The Tribune. 10 May 2004.
- ^ "The business of business management". The Tribune. 26 July 2004.
- ^ "Copped out". The Tribune. 17 May 2005.
- ^ "Thank you, Air New Zealand !". The Tribune. 28 February 2006.
- ^ "Where customer is the king". The Tribune. 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Divali dreams". The Tribune. 3 November 2010.
- ^ "The British way". The Tribune. 20 December 2010.
- ^ "March of time". The Tribune. 1 April 2011.
- ^ "The Babu and the Bureaucrat". The Tribune. 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Travails of the Lokpal to be". The Tribune. 22 July 2011.
- ^ "The second class". The Tribune. 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Fudging the DNA". The Tribune. 9 December 2011.
- ^ "Corrupt and clever". The Tribune. 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Benign, complex and inspired". The Tribune. 18 April 2012.
- ^ "The cart before the horse". The Tribune. 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Touching the feet". The Tribune. 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Unbelievable: Law-fearing policemen!". The Tribune. 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Regaining the pride". The Tribune. 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Breaching the hierarchy". The Tribune. 23 October 2014.
- ^ "A bald pate getting recarpeted". The Tribune. 30 December 2021.