Quotes About Khushwant Singh

In a country which had accepted caste distinctions for many centuries, inequality had become an inborn mental concept.

in order to write good English one should be familiar with the Bible as well as European fairy tales, nursery rhymes and even nonsense verse like the limericks of Edward Lear. I read them not for fun but as the basics of literature.

sought out his company because he was one of the most erudite Indian writers I had met. He also had a phenomenal memory.

No sooner would a mushaira start than the audience would clamour for 'Parwana' (moth) the pseudonym which he used. (I always referred to him as patanga which is the pejorative for a moth).