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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... writing - in his own opinion, comparable to R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Manohar Mulgaonkar, Ruth Jhabvala, Nayantara Sahgal and Anita Desai - but also to highlight its depth and diversity which, as it happens, is closely interlinked ...
... writing - in his own opinion, comparable to R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Manohar Mulgaonkar, Ruth Jhabvala, Nayantara Sahgal and Anita Desai - but also to highlight its depth and diversity which, as it happens, is closely interlinked ...
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... writing, his travelogues highlight one of his unique gifts - the ability to laugh at himself. It comes through in the pieces selected for this book. Only one could be called an exception - the piece on Pakistan, the country of his birth ...
... writing, his travelogues highlight one of his unique gifts - the ability to laugh at himself. It comes through in the pieces selected for this book. Only one could be called an exception - the piece on Pakistan, the country of his birth ...
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... writing. Take 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 ...
... writing. Take 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 ...
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... writer of the story was the worst stereotype of a Sardarji's image in the popular mind: loud-mouthed, aggressive, a philanderer, drunkard and womanizer. The girls took it down in their notebooks. My granddaughter and her friend giggled ...
... writer of the story was the worst stereotype of a Sardarji's image in the popular mind: loud-mouthed, aggressive, a philanderer, drunkard and womanizer. The girls took it down in their notebooks. My granddaughter and her friend giggled ...
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... writing. I have to fight off telephone calls and visitors. Sometimes I simply put the phone off the hook and tell my security guards to tell visitors I am not at home. I never see anyone who has not made a prior appointment. This is not ...
... writing. I have to fight off telephone calls and visitors. Sometimes I simply put the phone off the hook and tell my security guards to tell visitors I am not at home. I never see anyone who has not made a prior appointment. This is not ...
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