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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... replied. 'Don't you see all the pretty women who come to see me: Sadia, Kamna, Jayalalitha, Syeda, Prema, Kum Kum, Mrinal, Masooma?' 'That's not the same thing,' she replied, looking very knowledgeable. What had provoked the question ...
... replied. 'Don't you see all the pretty women who come to see me: Sadia, Kamna, Jayalalitha, Syeda, Prema, Kum Kum, Mrinal, Masooma?' 'That's not the same thing,' she replied, looking very knowledgeable. What had provoked the question ...
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... replied, 'She is okay.' She then came home and told the servants that she would not receive any visitors who came to condole with her. She did not shed a tear. She did not go to her mother's funeral or any religious ceremonies that ...
... replied, 'She is okay.' She then came home and told the servants that she would not receive any visitors who came to condole with her. She did not shed a tear. She did not go to her mother's funeral or any religious ceremonies that ...
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... replied. 'You are a silly boy!' she snapped. 'You were not born in the winter. It was summer. Sometime after the beginning of the World War.' She was not sure of the date but mentioned the month by the Indian calendar -budroo. Budroo ...
... replied. 'You are a silly boy!' she snapped. 'You were not born in the winter. It was summer. Sometime after the beginning of the World War.' She was not sure of the date but mentioned the month by the Indian calendar -budroo. Budroo ...
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