Dr. Karan Singh and The Temple of Shiva: A Conversation

Dr. Karan Singh has spent decades in public life — as a diplomat, a scholar, and a statesman. But The Temple of Shiva is something else entirely: a work of fiction, and a deeply personal one.

On setting the novel in Kashmir

"Kashmir is not just a place," he told us. "It is a state of mind." The novel moves between the foothills of a temple and the inner life of its characters, finding in landscape a language for longing.

Books by Dr. Karan Singh

While Dr. Karan Singh has written widely on philosophy, politics, and religion, The Temple of Shiva stands apart as his only work of fiction. Published by Parchment Publications, it is a slender, luminous novel about the search for meaning.

Fiction allows a truth that argument cannot reach.

For readers discovering his work

If you are new to Dr. Karan Singh's books, The Temple of Shiva is a gentle entry point. It carries the rigour of his non-fiction and the warmth of a story told by firelight.