New Delhi: Khushwant Singh, the grand old man of contemporary Indo-Anglian literature has returned in a new avatar with an updated edition of his signature anthology, "Not a Nice Man to Know: The Best of Khushwant Singh". The anthology, first published 20 years ago with 30 of Singh's selected works, has been revised to include 18 more of his essays, short stories and opinions. The revised edition was launched by...
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Jalandhar: His fellow villagers remember him as always running "from one place to another". But 99-year-old Fauja Singh, once a farmer in Punjab who now lives in Britain, took to running with a passion only in his twilight years and says he won't stop till he drops. Born April 1, 1911, at Beas Pind in Punjab's Jalandhar district, Fauja Singh became the oldest half-marathon runner on this planet at the...05:24 PM, Jan 21, 2011
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I picked up the book and was done with it in a couple of hours. If you've read his autobiography - Truth, love and a little malice - you will too. There's nothing new in this book and most of the chapters in 'Absolute Khushwant' look like the notes he put together before he wrote that book. But the one thing constant in this book is the candour that has...09:06 AM, Sep 10, 2010
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Kamna Prasad, who collaborated with Khushwant Singh for a translation of Urdu poetry, lives for the language. ...06:26 PM, May 04, 2007
Legendary writer speaks about the future of Urdu poetry and who is a better writer than him. ...01:33 PM, May 02, 2007
Giving protocol a skip once again, President A P J Abdul Kalam visited eminent writer Khushwant Singh. ...11:31 PM, Feb 09, 2007
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