Thursday, March 20, 2014

Khushwant Singh: A born raconteur, a vintage sardar | ummid.com

Khushwant Singh: A born raconteur, a vintage sardar | ummid.com

For this is the enduring importance of Khushwant Singh. He could be - and often was - quite opinionated, gossipy, (good-naturedly) malicious, sometimes bawdy and even raunchy, almost always provocative, an inveterate name-dropper but also self-deprecating, irresistibly witty and very, very readable.