Top 5 Books By Khushwant Singh That You Must Read
In this article, we provided some good books written by Khushwant Singh. Check out the booklist.
1. Train to Pakistan
The partition of India was one of the most dreadful times in the recent Indian history. Since 1950s, it has time and again been depicted in various media. However, while most of those focussed mainly on the socio-political causes and effects, the Train to Pakistan is a novel which has captured the essential human trauma and suffering in the face of such a terror and crisis.
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2. Truth, Love and a Little Malice
Truth, Love And A Little Malice, the autobiography of the famous author and journalist Khushwant Singh, was published by Penguin India as new edition in 2003. He chronicles in this book some of the seminal historical and political events that have marked the Indian socio-political scene in his lifetime, i.e. since 1915. Crucial amongst these events are the Partition of India, the Emergency and Operation Blue Star, all of which have influenced and shaped the lives of Indians, and particularly that of Sikhs (the community that he belongs to), in very specific and tangible ways.
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3. The End of India
Analysing the communal violence in Gujarat in 2002, the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, the burning of Graham Staines and his children, the targeted killings by terrorists in Punjab and Kashmir, Khushwant Singh forces us to confront the absolute corruption of religion that has made us among the most brutal people on earth. He also points out that fundamentalism has less to do with religion than with politics. And communal politics, he reminds us, is only the most visible of the demons we have nurtured and let loose upon ourselves.
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4. On Women: Selected Writings
In his book on Women: Selected Writings, he describes an embarrassing meeting with a drunken actress of yesteryear – Begum Para. He gives a detailed profile of Shraddha Mata and of a tantrik sadhvi who claimed she was the mother of the illegitimate child of Jawaharlal Nehru. Mr Singh also talks about his grandmother, with a touching sketch on the twilight of her life.
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5. Khuswant Singh Ki Sampurna Kahaniyan
‘‘मैं लोगों से मिलना पसन्द करता हूँ, विशेषकर अप्रिय लोगों से-उद्दंड, घमंडी, बनावटी, डींग हाँकने वाले, बडे़ लोगों के नाम लेनेवाले, पाखंडी-मैं उन्हें अपने बारे में बातें करने को उकसाता हूँ और वे बोलते चले जाते हैं। फिर उनकी स्थितियाँ बदलकर और थोड़ा-सा मिर्च-मसाला लगाकर उनकी कही बातों और किस्सों को कागज़ पर उतार देता हूँ। मुझे अपने बड़ा लेखक होने के बारे में कोई गलतफष्हमी नहीं; लेकिन मैं दूसरे लेखकों से अलग ज़रूर हूँ, क्योंकि मेरी कहानियाँ उनसे ज्श्यादा दुर्भावना व्यक्त करती हैं और अधिक मज़ेदार होती हैं। इस पुस्तक की कई कहानियाँ पचास साल से भी पहले लिखी गई थीं, लेकिन वे आज भी सार्थक हैं क्योंकि समाज में धोखाधड़ी उसी तरह चल रही है।’’ -इस पुस्तक की भुमिका से
