Sham Lal

Sham Lal joined the Hindustan Times in 1934. He moved to the newly started Delhi edition of the Times of India early in 1950. Soon after he was transferred to the main edition of the paper in Bombay, he began writing a weekly literary column under the general heading 'Life and Letters'. In 1967 he took over as Editor. His column was the first to introduce many Indian readers to scores of writers and thinkers who left their mark on post-war literature and social thought. For the last seven years, he has been writing regularly for The Telegraph, and occasionally for Biblio: A Review of Books, a literary journal.