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36 / Bhai Vir Singh tolerance. His style ofwritingnowwas stronger-- more direct and straightforward--thaninthe earliertracts. By this type of writingPunjabiprosehadbeenridofits conventionalelements and sensitized to subtler shades of expression. The Khalsa Samachar as founded by Bhai Vir Singh has carried on uninterrupted untill today. It still bears the impress of his personality and retains the clientele built from his time. Page 44 of 108
CHAPTER FOUR. Sundari and other Novel Father of Modern Punjabi Literature / 37 SUNDARI was the first novel of the Punjabi langua.ge. Bhai Vir Singh had conceived the story and written at least a portion of it while still at school. But it was not published until 1898--anyearbefore hebegantheKhalsa Samachar. He was an avid reader of poetical texts on Sikh history such as Rattan Singh Bhangu's and Giani Gian Singh's. His young mind must havebeenstirredbythechivalrous deedsandsacrificeswhich fill the entire span of the eighteenth century in the Punjab. This legacyhe was eagerto bringto the notice of his people to awaken their sense of pride and self-awareness. Such a wish he could havewell cherished inthe culturallysensitive school environment. As for the form, he might have made the acquaintance at school of some of Sir Walter Scott's historical fiction. Afew of the English novels like Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Johnson's Rasselas were, in any case, available in Urdu translation at that time. The plot was suggested bya touching Punjabi songcome down the generations on young maidens' tongues. In tender notes it exhumed from the historical psyche of the people the tragic memory of innocent girl being forcibly abducted from their homes by marauding Mughal soldiers in the disorderly decadesofthecenturygoneby. One suchgirl, inBhaiVirSingh's story, was awaiting to be taken after marriage to herparentsin-laws' homebythebridegroom. Her homerangwithfestivity andshesat,herheartinyearning, amid girls, singing, dancing and laughing. Upon this scene of gaiety there fell the shadow of tragedy. Laughterturnedinto mourning. The Mughal satrap Page 45 of 108
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36 / <strong>Bhai</strong> <strong>Vir</strong> <strong>Singh</strong><br />
tolerance. His style ofwritingnowwas stronger-- more direct<br />
and straightforward--thaninthe earliertracts. By this type of<br />
writingPunjabiprosehadbeenridofits conventionalelements<br />
and sensitized to subtler shades of expression.<br />
The Khalsa Samachar as founded by <strong>Bhai</strong> <strong>Vir</strong> <strong>Singh</strong><br />
has carried on uninterrupted untill today. It still bears<br />
the impress of his personality and retains the clientele built<br />
from his time.<br />
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