NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 9, 2008: “Karan Singh, Sakshat Itihas” (“Karan Singh, History Personified”) is a pictorial biography in Hindi launched with grand fanfare by Delhi’s Chief Minister on Friday, 9th March, 2008, the 77th birthday of Dr. Karan Singh. The illustrious gathering on the occasion included capital’s leading lights from literary and political circles.
Both the Chief Minister of Delhi Mrs. Sheila Dikshit and well-known scholar of Indian art and culture Mrs. Kapila Vatsyayan presided over the function, lauding Dr. Karan Singh as a devout Siva Bhaktar with qualities of head and heart.
In his own address Dr. Karan Singh said, “Lord Siva has given me everything. However if anything that I would like to achieve in my life, that would be peace in the Jammu and Kashmir region to which I belong. I am always available for all that I can do to achieve this goal.”