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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Khushwant Singh. choose husbands to their parents, my wife made her own choice over fifty years ago. I soon learnt that I could not take my wife for granted. If she did not like any of my friends, she told them so on their face in no ...
Khushwant Singh. choose husbands to their parents, my wife made her own choice over fifty years ago. I soon learnt that I could not take my wife for granted. If she did not like any of my friends, she told them so on their face in no ...
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Khushwant Singh. care never to offend her. Why do so few people know about my wife? She is allergic to photographers and pressmen. All you have to do is take out your camera, tape recorder or pen, and she will order you out of the house ...
Khushwant Singh. care never to offend her. Why do so few people know about my wife? She is allergic to photographers and pressmen. All you have to do is take out your camera, tape recorder or pen, and she will order you out of the house ...
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Khushwant Singh. nineteen miles away. Most of the police were also Muslims. No arrests were made. Neither the money nor the bride was found. She was converted to Islam and married off to a young Muslim soldier. Such periodic experiences ...
Khushwant Singh. nineteen miles away. Most of the police were also Muslims. No arrests were made. Neither the money nor the bride was found. She was converted to Islam and married off to a young Muslim soldier. Such periodic experiences ...
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Khushwant Singh. anxiety dreams usually take the form of finding myself in an examination hall without being able to answer a single question in the test paper. I wake up sweating round the neck. I was glad when my schooldays were over ...
Khushwant Singh. anxiety dreams usually take the form of finding myself in an examination hall without being able to answer a single question in the test paper. I wake up sweating round the neck. I was glad when my schooldays were over ...
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Khushwant Singh. encounter with sex awaited me. While at Government College I had been corresponding with a lady teacher of the Modern School. She was only a few years older than me. Our correspondence had gradually got more and more ...
Khushwant Singh. encounter with sex awaited me. While at Government College I had been corresponding with a lady teacher of the Modern School. She was only a few years older than me. Our correspondence had gradually got more and more ...
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