Dr SL Peeran hails from an illustrious family of
erstwhile Mysore State. His great grandfather was a renowned Arabic, Persian
& Urdu scholar & poet and was bestowed with the title of Siraj-ul Ulma (Sun
among Scholars). His grand father received the title of Moin-ul-vizarath
(Pillar of Ministry) from late Maharaja of Mysore for his services to the
State. His father was an engineer and also Sajjada-Nishin of Darga of Saint
Hz-Qader awaliya Srirangapatna.
Peeran had his graduation from St. Joseph’s College,
Bengaluru during 1969 in Natural Sciences, completed Law from Govt. Law
College, Bengaluru and Post-Graduate Diploma in Social Service Administration
from National Institute of Social Sciences, Bengaluru. After a short stint in the
industrial field as Labour Welfare & Personnel Officer, he joined a firm of
Industrial Law & Personnel Management Consultants. Later, he entered the
legal profession in 1976. Subsequently, he became part-time Professor of Law
for eight years in Havanur Law College, Bengaluru. He had a very successful
legal career before being selected as Member of Judicial of Customs, Excise
& Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi in 1989. He was transferred
to Southern Bench, Chennai in March, 1998; and in March 2004 to Bengaluru where
he took voluntary retirement in July 2009.
Dr Peeran has been deeply interested in Sufism, in
study of human growth & development, Urdu & English Poetry. He
published his first book The Essence of
Islam & Sufism & Its Impact on India (1998). He started penning his
experiences initially in Urdu poems in 1997 and from Dec. 1997, he started
writing poems in English as well. He has completed 15 volumes of poems in
English: ''In Golden
Times', 'In
Golden Moments', 'A Search From
Within', 'In Silent
Moments', 'A Ray of
Light', 'A
Call From The Unknown', 'New Frontiers', 'Fountains of Hope',
'In Rare Moments',
'In Sacred Moments'
, 'Glittering Love'
, ‘Garden of bliss’ ‘Eternal Quest', Ever Green Pastures, Perfumed Garden of
Love, Scattered Gems .
Dr Peeran is Trustee of
International Sufi Centre, Editor of Sufi World (a journal on Sufi Culture,
Philosophy and Literature) (Islamic Spiritualism, Tasawwuf). He is author of
the books Islam and Sufism; Fundamentals of Sufism; and A Journey of a Sufi. Dr Peeran is
inspired to write poetry in search of truth and to discover his own self. He is
inspired by the theory and practice of Sufism.
He has won the Literary Prize 2017 of ‘Naji Naaman’ of
Lebanon. Poets International Bengaluru has anominated him as “Best Poet for
2003”. International Poetry Academy, Chennai has also awarded him with “Best
Poet” award for 2009.
Email: slpeeran@gmail.com
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