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Truth, Love & a Little Malice: An Autobiography

by Khushwant Singh

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Read Khushwant Singh's interview done exclusively for Penguin India about his Autobiography...Khushwant Singh has always been worth listening to. In a career spanning over five decades as writer, journalist and editor, his views have been provocative and controversial, but they have also been profound, deeply perceptive and always compelling. Above all, despite his eminenc Read Khushwant Singh's interview done exclusively for Penguin India about his Autobiography...Khushwant Singh has always been worth listening to. In a career spanning over five decades as writer, journalist and editor, his views have been provocative and controversial, but they have also been profound, deeply perceptive and always compelling. Above all, despite his eminence and popularity, Khushwant Singh has never been less than honest and, most importantly, has never talked down to his readers. His autobiography is of a piece with his life and work. Born in 1915 in pre-Partition Punjab, Khushwant Singh has been witness to most of the major events in modern Indian history--from Independence and Partition to the Emergency and Operation Blue Star--and has known many of the figures who have shaped it. He writes of leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, the terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the talented and scandalous painter Amrita Shergil, and everyday people who became butchers during Partition, with the clarity and candour expected of him. Writing of his own life, too, Khushwant Singh remains unflinchingly forthright. writer and Member of Parliament; the comforts and disappointments in his marriage of over sixty years; his first, awkward sexual encounter; his phobia of ghosts and his fascination with death; the friends who betrayed him, and also those whom he failed. Uncompromising, comic, often moving and always hugely readable, Truth, Love and a Little Malice is a memoir worthy of one of the great icons of our time. The author, Khushwant Singh, was born in 1915 in Hadali, Punjab. He was educated at Government College, Lahore and at King's College and the Inner Temple in London. He practised at the Lahore High Court for several years before joining the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in 1947. He was sent on diplomatic postings to Canada and London and later went to Paris with UNESCO. He began a distinguished career as a journalist with All India Radio in 1951. Since then he has been founder-editor of Yojana, editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and The Hindustan Times. Today he is India's best-known columnist and journalist. Among his published works are the classic two-volume A History of the Sikhs, several works of fiction--including the novels Train to Pakistan (winner of the Grove Press Award for the best work of fiction in 1954), I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, Delhi and The Company of Women--and a number of translated works and non-fiction books on Delhi, nature and current affairs. Khushwant Singh was a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986. Among other honours, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 by the President of India (he returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the Union Government's siege of the Golden Temple, Amritsar). ...more

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Published February 4th 2002 by Viking Books (first published January 1st 2002)

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Jan 09, 2015 Vidhya Nair rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I had never read Khushwant Singh in his lifetime of 99 years but was curious to read his books since his death recently. Turned out I had a number of his books at home. I picked this autobiography that he wrote in 2002. It is an engaging book, written in an honest style that traces his birth in pre-independence India, his privileged upbringing as a Delhi builder's son, his deep curiosity for the opposite sex, the many people he encountered in his long life ( he remembers anecdotal stories in gre ...more

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Feb 08, 2012 Arnab Das rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Usually autobiographies tend to be massively boring. The writer is usually hell bent on putting on a holier than thou attitude and providing endless explanations about his (usually) much publicised 'mistakes'. Not Khushwant Singh.

Here is a man who is not perfect and is only glad to admit that. The writing is of a quality unmatched even by the author's own high standards. Khushwant Singh has been witness to many significant episodes of post independent Indian history and he bares all in this auto ...more

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Jun 06, 2015 Gaurav Moghe is currently reading it · review of another edition

I was running out of reasons to not start Khushwant Singh's autobiography which he completed in 2001, when he was 87 and hallucinating over his death. For one, the scale of years that K.S. lived promised much experiences of both failures and achievements, agonies and joys. Considering he spent most of his life experimenting over different passions, holding high-ranks at top bureaucratic offices and ministries, and exchanged ideas with Who-Know-Hos of various fields was more than enough to read h I was running out of reasons to not start Khushwant Singh's autobiography which he completed in 2001, when he was 87 and hallucinating over his death. For one, the scale of years that K.S. lived promised much experiences of both failures and achievements, agonies and joys. Considering he spent most of his life experimenting over different passions, holding high-ranks at top bureaucratic offices and ministries, and exchanged ideas with Who-Know-Hos of various fields was more than enough to read his invaluable work.

But it wasn't just his work profiles or his life experiences of over 85 years which compelled me to pick his book. It was also about his novels, novellas, fiction based on women sexuality, non-fiction based on his argument against God's existence, and his witty, seamless writing too. It seemed, going through all of these works, that K.S. has oceans of stories to tell. It turned out that oceans of stories was more or less an undervaluation.

K.S. have thousands of stories to tell in his book. The stories begin from his childhood: stories about how he tricked his seniors in schools with his ingenious traps; of how he saw his college teacher having sex with his wife while strolling on the hostel roof. Stories about many high-profile friends he met in his life, and about myriads ways he charmed the ladies.

But I wasn't looking for them. The stories were superficial. They were written as first-hand accounts. How K.S. felt, what he thought, and how he basked under joy and agonised beneath suffering were left untouched. The true assessment that an auto-biography offers of a writer's life wasnt there. I think he should have written stories not as a way of narrating it but as a to access himself.

For me the biography took my attention from 3rd chapter when Singh begin to tell tales of watershed historical events. The best I read was that of Partition. He narrated various anecdotes without any hatred towards Muslims or undue support for Hindu mobs. He talked about how the whole country was on a potboiler, one small skirmish and the whole country would fall into chaotic riots. He talked about the judicial system. The judicial system wasnt based on justice but on who the judge was and who the conivct was. If a Hindu was being judged by Muslim, he had no hope of getting free, no matter what the evidences were. And the same with Muslim being judged by Hindu. The readers came to know about the incidents not from the perspective of the Historian that Singh is, but as a first-hand account that Singh experienced. The divergences in history books of India and Pakistan questions the veracity of the history of partition, but real-time experiences such as Singh's give the opportunity to see history as it was.

He later talked about writing the famous 2-volume Sikh history. But here, I felt the need to know more. Singh told how he wrote the subject, while I was looking for the subject and not how he wrote it. In subsequent chapters, Singh described important events of his life. His diplomatic missions, his work as an editor of Yojana and Illustrated weekly, the emergency period, and much more. The chapter where Singh talked about his work as an editor of Yojana and Illustrated Weekly gave me what I wanted to really know: how he went about his work. He told how he travelled the whole country for finding themes for the magazines and how he build a famous magazine out of scratch.

At the end, I am not fully satisfied nor fully dissatisfied. This autobiography tells a great deal about the author, but only at a superficial level. The writing is engrossing, witty, and full of lively metaphors and english and Urdu poems. His travelling experiences, his work experiences, and his experiences of women were many and made for a good read. The book gave valuable insights to historical events and helped to know what happened behind the doors. If only the book had the elements of author's inner beliefs and feelings, this autobiography would have been truly complete. ...more

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Aug 28, 2015 Neha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I have never read a book about Khushwant Singh before. The closest I've come to reading anything written by him, in fact, is Portrait of a Lady, a short story he wrote based off his grandmother, which found my way (and rightly so) into my English textbook in middle/high school. I'm going to spend the rest of my life reading as much as I can of what he wrote.

Truth, Love and a Little Malice starts off, in most ways, like autobiographies tend to. A prologue welcomes the reader, providing a gist of I have never read a book about Khushwant Singh before. The closest I've come to reading anything written by him, in fact, is Portrait of a Lady, a short story he wrote based off his grandmother, which found my way (and rightly so) into my English textbook in middle/high school. I'm going to spend the rest of my life reading as much as I can of what he wrote.

Truth, Love and a Little Malice starts off, in most ways, like autobiographies tend to. A prologue welcomes the reader, providing a gist of what to expect in the pages to come. Remarkably, the prologue contains references to his urination cycles, his daughter, and poetry — that's when I knew this was going to be an unputdownable read.

In a slightly haphazard, but extremely enjoyable journey, Khushwant navigates through his childhood in a village, schooling in pre-partition India, and university years in the UK. He goes on to discuss his unfulfilling career during his youth, the epiphanies which led him to writing in his middle age, and the rest of his life since that he's known as a writer. Khushwant's style of writing will grip you throughout, and perhaps, leave you wishing you'd lived through the India of pre-1947 too.

What struck me most in the book is how honestly he's described his life. It isn't easy to write about your love affairs, sexcapades, and political opinion — less so when you're Indian. Writers inherently hold the tendency to feel judged, and some may be wary about pouring themselves entirely on paper. Khushwant Singh seems to have fought that inclination, and the resulting glances you're offered into his life induce laughter, tears, and a whole lot of insight, for which I am grateful.

I was reduced to a mass of nothingness when I read the epilogue, and how endearingly he describes his wife here. It showed me why, even at the peak of their worst, human beings need someone — anyone — to stick by their side, and the sense of completeness it brings in the happier times too. His ode to Kanval makes you miss both of them; her, for having been the rock she was in his life, and him, for loving someone as selfishly, albeit honestly, as he was able to. To understand what I mean, read what he's written about her in an online column, here: http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/V...

I'd recommend this book in a heartbeat to anyone who wants to learn more about everything ranging from Indian history to religion, and the life of a writer to marriage. It is, after all, what Khushwant would have wanted — for the world to celebrate the result of his pen meeting paper.

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Jul 27, 2014 Hari Menon rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Little can I say that will add to describe one of the most prolific writers India has witnessed. This book is filled with Khushwantji's trademark sharp wit and humor, along with his universal solution to every problem, a glass of scotch.
This book manages to encompass the evolution of the modern Indian writer in the most comprehensive, yet concise manner. Sorry Chetan Bhagat, no mention of you here.
Raw uninhibited emotions, stripped down to the bone, no pretensions what so ever.
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Jun 23, 2014 Jyoti rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It was an enjoyable and easy read. I like the man more after reading his biography. It offered an honest account of his friends, foes and friends who bordered on being foes. His was a life well lived. He believed in working hard despite being born to a rich property developer father. He was poor in studies, practised law but didn't like it, moved to foreign service and public relations, enjoyed working and living in the UK, was generous with food and scotch to many, liked being with good looking ...more

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Jan 29, 2008 Reza added it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: all of my friends

Recommended to Reza by: Sudatta and Amit

No doublt Khuswant Singh a fantastic fiction writer in the present sub-continent, have great creative futusion, rythme of sentence with nostugic appeal and a melodious items and obviously a great story teller sine early fifties.
Although Truth Love and a Little Malice stated Khuswant own biography but have crutial political adventurous views with involvement and actor as not only in creative sector but also in problem solving. The books divided into several parts from early age of writer, his vi No doublt Khuswant Singh a fantastic fiction writer in the present sub-continent, have great creative futusion, rythme of sentence with nostugic appeal and a melodious items and obviously a great story teller sine early fifties.
Although Truth Love and a Little Malice stated Khuswant own biography but have crutial political adventurous views with involvement and actor as not only in creative sector but also in problem solving. The books divided into several parts from early age of writer, his village days with his grandmother in a Pakistan;s state, young colleges life, university day, London times, foreign missionary duties, travelling and finaly lot of experience as both a writer and a diplomatic performer.
The books content the political behaviour of Indian Parliament in lower house called BIDHANSOVA.
The political killing and causes of reflection into people mind mainly the SIC COMMUNITY, the most sufferer after India divided into two parts like India and Pakistan folowing Redcliff theory of state partition.
The book belong some histrical emphasis with Indian most noted politician's family conflict and problems. Khuswant overnoted the demographic movement of community people as well as government duet policy in employment and political unconsusness.
Finaly, It's a book that banned in India more than 12 years due to personal clause.
Historical climax and power changes of healthy Indian Parliament and their fruitless speaking in lossing people tax without any clear notice are clearly explain with narrative scence.
Khuswant is a tremendous story teller without any tiredness, which attract readers musicaly.
It is also a record of Indian media relevant so called fictionic policies.
Reza Ghatok
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cell: 88-01199521759.

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Jul 12, 2014 Suriya Gayathri rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Khushwant Singh writes prosaically on his life as an infant born in Hadali to the most loved and notable writer of India. He elaborates on each stage of his professional life from practicing Law to Public Relations, Teaching and finally to Journalism and Writing. The first part of the book comprises of brazenly honest accounts of his life as a confused teenager and the many events associated with it. Reading about his days in Shantiniketan, the atmosphere of Tagore Ashram, meeting Tagore was rev Khushwant Singh writes prosaically on his life as an infant born in Hadali to the most loved and notable writer of India. He elaborates on each stage of his professional life from practicing Law to Public Relations, Teaching and finally to Journalism and Writing. The first part of the book comprises of brazenly honest accounts of his life as a confused teenager and the many events associated with it. Reading about his days in Shantiniketan, the atmosphere of Tagore Ashram, meeting Tagore was revealing and mesmerising. He writes eloquently on his sea journey to England to study Law, the people he has befriended of which one of them later became his wife. It was touching to read through his experience witnessing India attaining Independence on the night of 15 August 1947. I've never read something like that before.

His professional life as a Lawyer in Lahore made him realise that it was not his cup of tea and decided to give up his career in Law. He joined the High Commission of India in London and shares his experiences with his colleagues, events and life in the City. The famous diplomat V. K. Krishna Menon was his boss and it was reprehensible to read about his strong streak of discourtesy and sadism. Mr. Singh gave up his job in London and decided to devote his time on writing completely. He started writing on Sikh religion and its history. He relocated to Bombay to work as the Editor of The Illustrated Weekly and had been instrumental in the success of the magazine. One long chapter is devoted to his association with the Gandhi and Anand families in Delhi which came to an abrupt end later. His Editorialship in The Illustrated Weekly, National Herald and Times of India had been eventful with many events and dignitaries. He explains about his animated term when he served as a Member of Rajya Sabha engaging in the political scenario of the country. The chapter ‘Oddballs and Screwballs’ is utterly hilarious where he writes about the variety of odd people he had come across in his life. He also shares accounts on his parents, their prime as well as old age, his wife, and primarily a fond portrayal of his pet dog, Simba.

The last part of the book where he gets across his straight forward opinions about his belief in religions, rituals, importance of planting trees, etc. He also doesn't fail to mention about the people who have influenced him, mainly as a writer and his association with some of them. He ends the book on a touching note about his wife’s illness and his gut feeling about quitting writing if she goes before him. It has been an intense read where we get to witness a number of events and people appear and reappear in his life’s journey on and off. ...more

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May 07, 2014 Faisal Buzdar rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A witty, unpretentious and highly entertaining, riveting autobiography by Khushwant Singh. Once I started reading it, I simply could not put it down. Singh begins by giving a sketchy account of his time in Hadali, his place of birth and a town in district Khushab (now in Pakistani Punjab). Thereafter, he takes us to all the places he got to live in. Delhi, Lahore, London, Bombay and various small towns where he went to on vacation capture our imagination, as he lucidly dwells on his associations ...more

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Apr 20, 2014 Tarun Rattan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is one of the most honest memoirs I've read and it is the courageous & outspoken KS at his best. You can only pity the people who crossed his path as he spares no body whether they're powerful politicians like Gandhi family or fellow writer's like Naipaul. But one has to admit that his confessions & conjectures are factual and most probably correct. I've been a fan on KS since my school days and would be the first one to buy his books as they would come out and then spend the next day It is one of the most honest memoirs I've read and it is the courageous & outspoken KS at his best. You can only pity the people who crossed his path as he spares no body whether they're powerful politicians like Gandhi family or fellow writer's like Naipaul. But one has to admit that his confessions & conjectures are factual and most probably correct. I've been a fan on KS since my school days and would be the first one to buy his books as they would come out and then spend the next day & night to devour those. I remember buying his Novel Delhi one summer afternoon and then spending next two days reading it taking breaks only to eat and a small nap.
He had that ability to get the readers hooked with his story telling and wild imaginations. He was no Faulkner or Kafka or even a Rushdie but had that earthly touch to ring the bell with his readers. His writing style was elementary but somewhere between the lines there would be gems reaching those depths of human thoughts that even the most famous of his brethren would not dare to fathom. Lately he had been obsessed with death and it was the most prominent subject in his writings. His philosophy about Death is again very down to earth and instead of giving any explanations about it, he was plain simple in admitting his dread for death. To counter that he would go and sit on the cremation grounds for hours and would make it a point go to all funerals but would miss all other events like marriage functions or birthdays.
He was an atheist and lived his life like that though he produced among the best scholarly works on Sikh religion. For him religion was more a community grouping instead of anything to do with God in that sense.
When I heard of KS's death last week I thought to pay my homage to one of my favourite writers by rereading his memoir and learn from him one more time how to lead a life which is plain simple yet an utterly fulfilling one... and he did not fail me this last time also. ...more

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Jul 19, 2015 Niket Malpani rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A recommended readable memoir.
Nicely written and very well structured.

A great man, a great writer. Always heard about him and him being controversial, and now, I have the idea why :)

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Aug 19, 2011 Priya rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Read this long back and the title is exactly what the book is about !!

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Oct 13, 2012 sharmistha mukherjee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A hugely readable Memoir

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Sep 23, 2015 Nathik rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Truth, Love and a Little Malice is the autobiography of the late Mr. Khushwant Singh. Mr K.S is a prolific writer, Journalist, Diplomat, One-term Member of Parliament (Upper House), and a Lawyer ( a bad one, in his view). He is better known as “The Dirty Old-man of Delhi” for his jokes and provocative fictional writings like “The Company of Woman”. His fictional works might reinforce the image of “The Dirty Old-man of Delhi” especially borderline-erotica like “Delhi”, “The Company of Woman”. His ...more

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Jun 10, 2013 Lakshmi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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"Truth, love and a little malice" had been a book that had been suggested to be by one of my best friends. Autobiographies had never been my thing because I had a preconceived notion of them being boring. After all, how interesting could an ordinary man's life get was what I used to think. And now that I have read it, I regret not having read it earlier. The experience of coming face-to-face with the human elements of a writer I had always looked up to had been intriguing to say the least.

The au "Truth, love and a little malice" had been a book that had been suggested to be by one of my best friends. Autobiographies had never been my thing because I had a preconceived notion of them being boring. After all, how interesting could an ordinary man's life get was what I used to think. And now that I have read it, I regret not having read it earlier. The experience of coming face-to-face with the human elements of a writer I had always looked up to had been intriguing to say the least.

The author begins from where he finds it safest to begin, that is the beginning. He gives a brief picture of his childhood in the small village of Hadali , his self assumed birthday, 15th Aug 1915 and the carefree days spent there. His life after he had grown in to a man comes with many exciting twists and turns. He came into contact with not only political leaders of the time such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, there were also meetings with people like Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. In a career spanning over five decades as a writer, journalist and editor, he also came into contact with some of the more interesting people in the arts field. However, it is his association with the 'common' people and the stories he wrote about them with clarity and candour which most impressed me.

The writing style, from the moment go, has been one of the most forthright, honest and above all, compelling. Khushwant Singh writes with unwavering honesty, with deep perception and the tales he tells are most entertaining indeed. He talks of his first awkward sexual encounter, his phobia of ghosts and his fascination with death. He talks of the friends who betrayed him and also the ones he himself failed. The humour with which Khushwant Singh serves up his life's story is very entertaining indeed.

The Last But One Chapter is how the last chapter of his autobiography is rightly christened as an autobiography can not have a last chapter which only the death publishes. Here one gets to know the inner Khushwant Singh- his fear and fascination for death, his non belief on God and religion, his aversion to astrology but his sticking to Sikkhism which provides him an identity to his existence. He wants to die like both his parents died.

In conclusion, "Truth, Love and a Little Malice" is an irresistible treat till the very end! ...more

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Dec 03, 2014 Maxim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I envy Khushwant Singh. I really do. One would think he "Gumped" his way through life to success, after having the good fortune to be born with a silver spoon, but he was a scholar and he put in the hours. The man was lucky no doubt, to begin with, but he also built upon it and earned every bit of what came to him.

As for his writing, one can let his self-assessment stand. (He thought he was second-rate, and compares himself to the likes of Mulk Raj Anand and R.K. Narayan saying if they could ge ...more

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Jun 19, 2015 Masen Production rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My god, this man is an incorrigible humorist. He knew the extent of his capabilities and put them forth first. The best thing he also measured others with his wit & sarcasm. Absolutely must read if you want to laugh at times & see the irony of peoples mask which can be disgusting at times.
This is how I would like people to narrate their life-story. The best autobiography I have read yet.

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Nov 26, 2014 Mayur Bhambhani rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is quiet astonishing to know that the dirty old man of delhi is not dirty at all. According to the book it is an image protrayed by his books and the media. Although i found difficult to decide whether the reality was a portrayal or the portrayal is the reality. Still, this man has gone places, and has visited a lot of countries. The experience he offers with his unmatchable wit is a delight.

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Apr 15, 2015 Azwad Enam rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Usually people tend to bend the truth to make their each and every decision in life look like the best possible decision! But not Khushwant Singh, he makes his book more interesting to the readers by telling nothing but the truth. The truth has no other versions in his book. The best thing he admits his success and also his wrongs or mistakes.
Some of the famous autobiographies I've read was just another opportunity for writers to give excuses to make them look innocent or simply make them an An ...more

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Mar 21, 2015 Akhil rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was my first book authored by Mr. Singh. The essence of an autobiography lies in the fact that it should highlight the important facts and incidents associated with a persons life. I was not able to connect with Mr. Singh's life and was not at all inspired by incidents that took place in his life. Overall it was not an enjoyable experience for me.

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Dec 29, 2013 Devavrat rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Everyone,People who think Chetan Bhagat is good,Fans of Khushwant Singh

I think Khushwant Singh is one of the most honest authors you will ever encounter. His writing can be characterized by humorous, straight forward, and most of all brutally honest. He does not make excuses for what he did or thought. He does apologize and admits mistakes about the people he wronged. At no point does he shy away from admitting his own fears and faults. At no point in the entire book do you think that he is making something up, or trying to deceive you. All chapters are punctuated ...more

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Aug 23, 2015 Suyash Agrawal rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An exceptionally rare memoir where the writer makes no attempt to be a Hero. Bold, amusing and yet thought provoking.

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Sep 28, 2014 Rajendra Dave rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Very frank and forth-right. What else is to be expected?

Love and malice is OK. Can one be sure about "Truth"?

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May 21, 2014 Soumen Daschoudhury rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A thouroughly readable and enjoyable autobiography of a colorful personality. Had read this quite some time back.

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Jan 25, 2011 Pradeep Thakur rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Must read to know the power of simplicity of the great writer about the most complicated personal matter, even if that first time sex-experience.

This is the autobiography of Khushwant Singh, a famous Indian writer, journalist and columnist who is also a qualified Barrister from the Kings College, London. Apart from tracing his story and immediate family history, it deals in depth with his relations with political dignitaries.

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May 09, 2014 Niloy Mitra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Pretty amazing book. Really really a colorful and impressive character.

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Mar 24, 2014 Saquiba rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

lovely piece of writing from an individual who has led an interesting life

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Mar 16, 2012 Ankur Chawla rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kushwant Singh ji finally approves of what he is made of... this book is a must read is you are a die hard fan of this writer and have read most of the books..

Basically all the characters in all his books are somehow real life characters and the come up in a total different circumstances in his books coagulated with fantastic fantasies attached to them by the writer... but if you have read his books and after that you are reading this one you will be able to link many characters from his other ...more

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May 16, 2015 Somnath Banerjee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Very honest and bold autobiography.

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May 06, 2013 Kshitij Bahadur rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read Khushwant's Singh autobiography not just to know the man, but also to get a brief history of 20th century India. It was rewarding in some ways, but disappointing in others. There's no doubt he's seen a lot of the world, but a large part of his life seems to have covered an unexceptional life..until the time he bagged the Illustrated Weekly assignment.
Also, his honesty gives away the rather "colourful" image I had believed him to have had. So all that "dirty old Sardar" thing is a mere fan ...more

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Khushwant Singh, (Punjabi: ਖੁਸਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: खुशवंत सिंह) born on 2 February 1915 in Hadali, British India, now a part of Punjab, Pakistan, is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All", carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country.

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“how much of what he told me of his past was true and how much he made up to hold my interest.” — 0 likes

“Why Menon got where he did under the patronage of Pandit Nehru remains, and probably will remain, unexplained. Panditji had him elected to Parliament and sent to the United Nations to lead the Indian delegation. His marathon thirteen-hour speech on Kashmir won India a unanimous vote against it. He was then made Defence Minister against the wishes of almost all the members of the Cabinet. He wrecked army discipline by promoting favourites over the heads of senior officers. He was vindictive against those who stood up to him. More than anyone else he was responsible for the humiliating defeat of our army at the hands of the Chinese in 1962. Pandit Nehru stuck by him to the last.” — 0 likes

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