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Khushwant Singh

How Bhagat Singh Was Sentenced Based On The Testimony Of Kushwant Singh's Father Sobha Singh

The Indian Law Journal claims that all the witnesses had been coached and that Bhagat Singh had put the gun on a table before surrendering.

23 March 2017

The Ghosts Of Khushwant Singh's Delhi

We are answerable for having let our religious identities drive us to killing each other. Khushwant Singh has shown us some of our handiwork in Delhi.

01 January 1970

'Sex On Their Brains'

When two legendary editors get together for a no-holds-barred conversation ranging from sex, dirty jokes to Maneka's "badly brought up" son, Varun, there is really nothing to hide. Excerpts from a recent conversation

01 January 1970

Khushwant Singh's Death Wish And Urdu Poetry

How Urdu poetry provided Khushwant Singh solace and comfort towards the end of his life.

01 January 1970

Posthumous

"I had even written my own obit in 1943 when I was still in my twenties. It later appeared in a collection of short stories"

01 January 1970

Lost In Translation

I'd like to believe that Khushwant Singh was writing with a wonderfully self-mocking sense of humour, but the whole peevish tone of his review suggests that when he says he f

01 January 1970

'The Man Who Gets Things Done'

Khushwant Singh has just entered his 100th year. Time to recall an essay detailing why he once extolled Sanjay Gandhi, just the way a brash, bullying politician is currently being saluted

01 January 1970

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Khushwant: RIP

This obituary was published 31 years, one month and 7 days prematurely: in the Sunday Observer dated February 13, 1983.

01 January 1970

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