Aklmand Singh

Aklmand Singh is a recurring fictional character in the short stories of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.

Character and pedagogy

Aklmand Singh is generally found in a government job, sometimes ministerial. However, his profession is not significant in many or most stories. What is significant is that Singh is invariably foolish. The lessons imparted in the Singh stories are derived from the obviously foolish things that Singh says or does. On deeper reflection, it is realized that we too, both individually and collectively, behave like Aklmand.

Literary associations

In some ways, the character of Aklmand Singh is reminiscent of the satirical sufi Nasreddin (aka Mullah Nasruddin). The main difference is that Aklmand Singh appears to be foolish from beginning to end, whereas Nasreddin may appear to be foolish at some point in a story but by the end of that story turns out to be wise.

Appearances

Aklmand Singh is a frequent character in Sarkar's Shabda Cayanika series of philological discourses.