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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... took pains to understand the prayers I had been reciting. . . Meanwhile, at St Stephen's College, I attended Bible classes. Although the emphasis was on the New Testament, and the life of Jesus Christ, it was the language of the Old ...
... took pains to understand the prayers I had been reciting. . . Meanwhile, at St Stephen's College, I attended Bible classes. Although the emphasis was on the New Testament, and the life of Jesus Christ, it was the language of the Old ...
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... took place in her English class at school. They had a new teacher who did not know much about her students' parentage and my granddaughter had in any case never told anyone about me! Only her closest friend, who sat next to her in class ...
... took place in her English class at school. They had a new teacher who did not know much about her students' parentage and my granddaughter had in any case never told anyone about me! Only her closest friend, who sat next to her in class ...
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... took her bath and went to the coffee house to have her breakfast. When some friends asked her about her mother's health she replied, 'She is okay.' She then came home and told the servants that she would not receive any visitors who ...
... took her bath and went to the coffee house to have her breakfast. When some friends asked her about her mother's health she replied, 'She is okay.' She then came home and told the servants that she would not receive any visitors who ...
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... took me to the school attached to the village temple. And while I was taught the letters of the Gurmukhi alphabet, she read the holy scripture, Granth Sahib. Our classes ended before noon. She would take me back home. We were followed ...
... took me to the school attached to the village temple. And while I was taught the letters of the Gurmukhi alphabet, she read the holy scripture, Granth Sahib. Our classes ended before noon. She would take me back home. We were followed ...
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... took me many years to shed his way of thinking. He moulded the minds of many of his contemporaries. I scraped through my intermediate exam largely because, having been taught by Englishwomen, I knew the language better than most other ...
... took me many years to shed his way of thinking. He moulded the minds of many of his contemporaries. I scraped through my intermediate exam largely because, having been taught by Englishwomen, I knew the language better than most other ...
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