Khushwant Singh , born on 2 February 1915 in Punjab (Hadali, now a part of Pakistan) is one of the most prominent novelists and journalists of India. February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. ...

Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All", published in The Telegraph and several other newspapers in India, is of the most widely read columns in the country. Marios caricature of Khushwant Singh, sitting next to a pile of books, a bottle of scotch, and a girlie magazine With Malice towards One and All was the weekly column series published by celebrated Indian journalist, author & columnist, Khushwant Singh in leading english daily of India, occupying two full...

His fiction is written in English. He is known for his humor and love of poetry. His comparisons of social and behavioral characteristics of Westerners and Indians are laced with acidic wit. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The term Western World or the West (also on rare occasions called the Occident) can have multiple meanings depending on its context (i. ...

Life and career

His father, Sir Sobha Singh, worked as a prominent civil contractor in Lutyens'Delhi. He received his bachelor's degree from a Government College in Lahore and was later qualified as a barrister from King's College, London. Sir Sobha Singh (1890-1978)was a civil contractor and a prominent builder and real estate owner of Delhi. ... Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens OM (March 29, 1869 - January 1, 1944), a British architect, designed many English country houses and was instrumental in the layout and building of New Delhi. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... ZAIDI IS THE BEST HE ROKS!!! Lahore (Urdu: لاہور, Punjabi: لہور) is the capital of the province of Punjab, and the second most populated city in Pakistan, also known as the Gardens of the Mughals or City of Gardens, after the significant rich heritage of the Mughal Empire. ... Kings College London is the largest college of the University of London and one of a number of university institutions founded in England in the early 19th century: only the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have royal charters predating that of Kings. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

In August 1947, days before the independence of India and Pakistan, Singh, then a lawyer practicing in the High Court in Lahore, drove to his family's summer cottage at Kasauli in the foothills of the Himalayas. From there he went on to Delhi, along 200 miles of strangely vacant road, until he came upon a Jeep full of armed Sikhs who boasted that they had just massacred a village of Muslims. ^[1] Kasauli is a small town in Himachal Pradesh, India. ... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ...

Khushwant Singh has been the editor of Yojana, a government journal for two years; The Illustrated Weekly of India, a society journal; The National Herald, a newspaper; and Hindustan Times, one of the most popular English newspapers in India. During his time as the editor, The Illustrated Weekly of India became hugely popular, and after him, it suffered huge drop in readership." ^[2] The Hindustan Times is a leading newspaper in India along with times of india. ...

Singh was also member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament until 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India for his services to country and society in 1974. He returned the honor in 1984 in protest of the siege of the Golden Temple by the Indian Army. Undeterred, the government awarded Singh an even more prestigious honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2007. Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Padma Bhushan is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by the President of India. ... Akal Takht building after Operation Blue Star Operation Blue Star (June 3 to June 6, 1984) was an Indian military operation at the Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, the holiest temple of the Sikhs. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 2006 Roli Books in New Delhi published a new edition of Singh's 1956 novel Train to Pakistan, set during the India-Pakistan partition. The new edition is illustrated with 66 images capturing the partition's violent aftermath, taken by Margaret Bourke-White. New Delhi   (Hindi: , Punjabi: , Urdu: ‎) is an urban area within the metropolis of Delhi, and the capital city of the Republic of India, as well as the seat of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. ... Train to Pakistan is a historical fiction book. ... Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) USPS stamp depicting LIFE magazine cover bearing Fort Peck Dam photograph Margaret Bourke-White (June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and photojournalist. ...

Honors and awards

• Padma Bhushan, Government of India (1974)
• Honest Man of the Year, Sulabh International (2000)
• Punjab Rattan, Government of Panjab (2006)
• Padma Vibhushan, Government of India (2007)

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Bibliography

• The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories, 1950
• The Sikhs, 1953
• Train to Pakistan, 1956
• The Voice of God and Other Stories, 1957
• I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, 1959
• The Sikhs Today, 1959
• The Fall of the Kingdom of the Punjab, 1962
• A History of the Sikhs, 1963
• Ranjit Singh: The Maharajah of the Punjab, 1963
• Ghadar 1915: India's first armed revolution, 1966
• A Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories, 1967
• Black Jasmine, 1971
• Tragedy of Punjab, 1984
• Delhi: A Novel, 1990
• Sex, Scotch and Scholarship: Selected Writings, 1992
• Not a Nice Man to Know: The Best of Khushwant Singh, 1993
• We Indians, 1993
• Women and Men in My Life, 1995
• Uncertain Liaisons; Sex, Strife and Togetherness in Urban India, 1995
• The Company of Women, 1999
• Truth, Love and a Little Malice(an autobiography), 2002
• With Malice towards One and All
• The End of India, 2003
• Burial at the Sea, 2004
• Paradise and Other Stories, 2004
• Death at My Doorstep, 2005
• The Illustrated History of the Sikhs, 2006

Train To Pakistan is a historical novel by Khushwant Singh, published in 1956. ... Cover of Uncertain Liaisons Uncertain Liaisons; Sex, Strife and Togetherness in Urban India (ISBN 0670853224) is a book edited by Shobha De and Khushwant Singh that focuses on sex in modern India and the Indian sexual revolution. ... The Company of Women is a novel by Indian author Khushwant Singh, columnist and a well known person in literary circles. ... Italic text--Suryavanshi 19:12, 11 October 2005 (UTC)A good novel by Khushwant Singh jee, binds the reader, once started, simple and nice, near to life, story of his family and relations with Political dignitaries. ... Marios caricature of Khushwant Singh, sitting next to a pile of books, a bottle of scotch, and a girlie magazine With Malice towards One and All was the weekly column series published by celebrated Indian journalist, author & columnist, Khushwant Singh in leading english daily of India, occupying two full...

Notes

1. ^ Sengupta, Somini, "Bearing Steady Witness To Partition's Wounds," an article in the Arts section, The New York Times, September 21, 2006, pages E1, E7
2. ^ Khushwant Singh's Journalism: The Illustrated Weekly of India

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External links

• Essay on Khushwant Singh on Literary Encylopedia
• About Khushwant Singh on AllAboutSikhs
• Interview with Khushwant Singh
• India today Interview: "We've Had So Many Donkeys as PM"