India’s most well-known columnist and writer is Khushwant Singh. He was the founder editor of Yojana, editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India and editor of the National Herald and Hindustan Times. He is the author classics like Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, and Delhi. Penguin Books published his latest novel, The Sunset Club in 2010, when he was 95. He is also known for his nonfiction, which includes the two-volume classic A History of the Sikhs. There are many translations and works about Sikh religion, culture, Delhi, current affairs, and Urdu poetry. Penguin Books published his autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice in 2002.
“Though I’m nothing to be proud of, it’s women who have sought out my company more than mine.” Khushwant Sing – Khushwant Singh is India’s most popular and irreverent columnist and author. He profiles many of the women who shaped his life. Ghayoorunnisa, the girl that changed his mind about Muslims forever, is featured in Khushwant Singh’s Book of Unforgettable Women. He also profiles his grandmother, Amrita Shergil, and Phoolan Devi. Khushwant sings vivid and authentic portraits of women he loved, despised and admired. This book includes some of the stories and novels Khushwant Singh has created over the past sixty years. The vibrant Martha Stack (-Black Jasmine), Lady Mohan Lal, (-Karma), Jean Memsahib [-The Memsahib of Mandla]), the hijra-whore Bhagmati in Delhi, the insatiable Champak (“I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale”), dark-eyed Nooran (“Train to Pakistan”) and the free-spirited Molly Gomes (“The Company of Women”) are just a few of Khushwant Singh’sahib of India) and the Company of Women’sahib of Women), and the free-spirited Gomes (The Company of Women).
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