chan ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁L ah ore , ▁British ▁India . ▁ ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁an ▁employee ▁of ▁the ▁Account ant ▁General ’ s ▁Office ▁in ▁L ah ore ▁which ▁was ▁shift ed ▁to ▁Sh im la ▁( H im ach al ▁Pr adesh ) ▁following ▁India - P ak istan ▁partition ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁He ▁had ▁to ▁migr ate ▁to ▁India ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁mother , ▁father , ▁three ▁brothers ▁and ▁a ▁sister . ▁This ▁disp lacement ▁ru ined ▁the ▁family ▁fort unes ; ▁the ▁sib lings ▁had ▁mis giv ings ▁about ▁career ▁and ▁education ▁which ▁made ▁them ▁anxious ▁and ▁rest less . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁brothers , ▁V ij ay ▁Ran chan , ▁qualified ▁Civil ▁Services ▁and ▁retired ▁as ▁an ▁Add itional ▁Chief ▁Secretary , ▁Gu jar at . ▁Som ▁Ran chan ▁abs ented ▁from ▁college ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁Del hi ▁pick ing ▁up ▁some ▁odd ▁jobs ▁like ▁ins urance ▁agent , ▁market ing ▁and ▁reporting ▁for ▁an ▁English ▁magazine ▁Del hi ▁Mir ror ▁( although ▁a ▁very ▁short ▁lived ▁magazine ). ▁ ▁He ▁himself ▁describes ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 5 1 - 1 9 5 4 ▁as ▁the ▁“ Str ug gle ▁Period ” ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁During ▁the ▁struggling ▁years , ▁Ran chan ▁completed ▁his ▁MA ▁( Eng ) ▁as ▁a ▁private ▁candidate . ▁If ▁one ▁has ▁to ▁know ▁more ▁about ▁Ran chan ▁one ▁needs ▁to ▁read ▁and ▁understand ▁his ▁works ▁better , ▁as ▁he ▁proc laim s : ▁“ All ▁my ▁poetry