It is the astonishing true story of Udham Singh, a revolutionary well known in Punjab but perhaps little known outside it. Anand describes Udham Singh accurately as “a real-life Tom Ripley", after Patricia Highsmith’s chameleon-like con artist. By an amazing coincidence, Anand’s husband, writer and broadcaster Simon Singh, also had an ancestor who went to the UK in the 1930s and lived with Udham Singh. As Anand writes, “In death, Udham Singh had inadvertently set Albert Pierrepoint up for life." Anand also investigates a controversial point: Was Udham Singh actually in the Bagh on the day of the massacre?

Source: Mint May 05, 2019 04:15 UTC