About the Book: The Mountain of Shiva
A foremost scholar of Sanskrit and the Indian spiritual traditions, Dr Karan
Singh has written extensively on the Upanishads and the liberal strands within
the Hindu philosophical thought. Alongside his impressive oeuvre of scholarly
work, he has, mostly unknown to the world, pursued fiction writing. The result
is The Mountain of Shiva. Set in pre-militancy Kashmir, his only novel till date
takes the reader on an exhilarating journey to the snowclad peaks of the
Himalayas, lakes and chinar forests. Its a time much before militancy and
security barricades disrupted the carnival mood in the Valley. Ashok, a
corporate honcho, holidaying