Foreword To The Book 'Guru Nanak's Life And Thought' By Madanjit Kaur and Piar Singh 

Late Sirdar Kapur Singh left behind him a corpus of writings couching upon various aspects of Sikh religion, history, culture, ethos and institutions. These apart, he has been an erudite scholar having deep understanding of comparative theology. The material he draws upon for his writings at times simply staggers imagination in its sweep and profundity. No current and cross-current of yore seemed to escape his incisive pen.

Sirdar Kapur Singh, as was his wont, wrote whenever an issue provoked him. As a result, his non-conformist writings do not necessarily form compact and compatible treatises as a whole. With this apprehension in view that his par excellent writings, with the passage of time, might not be lost to the posterity, the University cas drawn up a plan to collect, classify, compile and publish these in an edifying form. The first one in the series, Guru Nanak's Life and Thought, which we have the pleasure to place in the hands of the readers, encompasses practically all that was written by Sirdar Kapur Singh pointedly explicating Guru Nanak's teachings and actions. More such collections follow.

I hope, this book with its poignant explications will inspire many young scholars to go in for a deeper and scientific analysis of Sikhism and carry forward the great Guru's message.

S.P. Singh

Vice-Chancellor 

Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar