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The Japji, composed by Guru\n Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith, is the most important prayer of the\n Sikhs and one of the most sublime and majestic examples of sacred poetry in\n any language. Comprising a series of hymns in praise of 'The One God Who is Truth',\n it opens the sacred book of the Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib and is recited\n every morning by all practising Sikhs. The Rehras is a prayer of thanks\n giving, recited at the end of the day in gratitude and also for inspiration.\n It comprises hymns by five of the ten Sikh Gurus: Guru Nanak, Guru Amar Das,\n Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjun and Guru Gobind Singh. This volume brings together\n Khushwant Singh's classic English translations of the two best-known and in\n many ways, defining sacred compositions of the Sikhs. Beautifully\n illustrated, this is a collector's edition for anyone interested not only in\n the Sikh faith but also in great sacred literature.
Khushwant Singh is Indias best known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. His latest novel, The Sunset Club, written when he was 95, was published by Penguin Books in 21. His nonfiction includes the classic two volume A History of the Sikhs, a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice, was published by Penguin Books in 22.
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