Sex,Scotch and ScholarshipIn this anthology, which comprises some of Khushwant Singh's best writing, you can look forward to some talk of sex, a little of Scotch and much Scholarship. The collection attempts to mirror the author's concerns and passions-his love of nature, his anguish over the situation in Punjab, his interest in religions of the world and his scholarly research on the one into which he was born, Sikhism. The highlight of this book, however, is the expansive, autobiographical opening piece written in Khushwant's characteristically candid style and perhaps the most complete self-portrait he has yet painted. |
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... eye to detail that is his forte. It makes for satisfying reading, being as it is perhaps one of the most 'complete' and accurate self-portraits he has ever made. As he turns the telescope on himself, he tells you what his alarm clock ...
... eye to detail that is his forte. It makes for satisfying reading, being as it is perhaps one of the most 'complete' and accurate self-portraits he has ever made. As he turns the telescope on himself, he tells you what his alarm clock ...
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... any liberties with it you like.' It is precisely this attitude that has made it such a pleasure to edit and compile this anthology of writings. New Delhi, 1992 Rohini Singh Looking Back Looking into the depths of one's own eyes.
... any liberties with it you like.' It is precisely this attitude that has made it such a pleasure to edit and compile this anthology of writings. New Delhi, 1992 Rohini Singh Looking Back Looking into the depths of one's own eyes.
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Khushwant Singh. Looking Back Looking into the depths of one's own eyes can reveal the naked truth. The naked truth about oneself can be very ugly ... On Myself 'Nana, are you really a womanizer?' my sixteen-year-old Looking Back.
Khushwant Singh. Looking Back Looking into the depths of one's own eyes can reveal the naked truth. The naked truth about oneself can be very ugly ... On Myself 'Nana, are you really a womanizer?' my sixteen-year-old Looking Back.
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... eye could see; moonlit nights heavy with the fragrance of the desert. We entered the Suez Canal. The more enterprising went off to visit the pyramids and reboard the ship at Port Said. One boy who was in my class in Government College ...
... eye could see; moonlit nights heavy with the fragrance of the desert. We entered the Suez Canal. The more enterprising went off to visit the pyramids and reboard the ship at Port Said. One boy who was in my class in Government College ...
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