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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... night's sleep. By now I know almost all the jokes there are in the world. I enjoy dirty jokes. Now consider how much time I have to indulge in drinking or womanizing! My drinking never lasts more than forty minutes. And as I have said ...
... night's sleep. By now I know almost all the jokes there are in the world. I enjoy dirty jokes. Now consider how much time I have to indulge in drinking or womanizing! My drinking never lasts more than forty minutes. And as I have said ...
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... nights. She was with her when she died. She took her bath and went to the coffee house to have her breakfast. When some ... night stroking him. When he died at the ripe old age of fourteen (ninety by human reckoning), she was heartbroken ...
... nights. She was with her when she died. She took her bath and went to the coffee house to have her breakfast. When some ... night stroking him. When he died at the ripe old age of fourteen (ninety by human reckoning), she was heartbroken ...
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... nights. My parents had migrated to Delhi, taking my elder brother with them. I was left in the care of my grandmother ... night a gang of dacoits raided their home, killed three men, took all their cash and jewellery, and abducted the ...
... nights. My parents had migrated to Delhi, taking my elder brother with them. I was left in the care of my grandmother ... night a gang of dacoits raided their home, killed three men, took all their cash and jewellery, and abducted the ...
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... Night's Dream were better enacted on the Lahore stage than anything I saw later. At the same time we had Faiz Ahmed Faiz, who had just taken his master's degree but was often seen in college. His poems were being widely published, and ...
... Night's Dream were better enacted on the Lahore stage than anything I saw later. At the same time we had Faiz Ahmed Faiz, who had just taken his master's degree but was often seen in college. His poems were being widely published, and ...
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... 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 and had been there had ...
... 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 and had been there had ...
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