Khushwant Singh's Big Book of MaliceMalice. The Word Is Synonymous With Khushwant Singh; His Pen Has Spared No One. For Over Four Decades As India S Most Widely-Read Columnist, He Has Commented On Just About Everything: Religion, Politics, Our Future, Our Past, Prohibition, Impotency, Presidents, Politicians, Cricket, Dog-Haters, Astrologers, The Banning Of Books, The Secret Of 1Ongevity...The List Is Endless. Candid To The Point Of Being Outrageous, Khushwant Singh Makes Both His Reader And Subject Wince. He Writes Unabashedly On Nose Picking, Wife-Bashing, Bribing Journalists, Gender Wars And The Desires Of An Octogenarian; On Nehru And Edwina, Laloo, Bal Thackeray, Chandraswami And Sonia Gandhi, Among Host Of Others. Khushwant Singh S Big Book Of Malice Brings Together Some Of His Nastiest And Most Irreverent Pieces. Witty, Sharp And Brutally Honest, This Collection Is Certain To Delight And Provoke Readers Of All Ages. Good People Can Be Crashing Bores. Evil Men Who Combine Evil-Doing With Drunkenness, Debauchery And Making Illicit Money Make More Interesting Characters Because They Pack Their Lives With Action. They Do What Most Of Us Would Like To Do But Do Not Have The Guts To. -Khushwant Singh |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 12 |
Section 3 | 15 |
Section 4 | 30 |
Section 5 | 46 |
Section 6 | 52 |
Section 7 | 58 |
Section 8 | 62 |
Section 24 | 179 |
Section 25 | 184 |
Section 26 | 188 |
Section 27 | 197 |
Section 28 | 200 |
Section 29 | 205 |
Section 30 | 212 |
Section 31 | 214 |
Section 9 | 64 |
Section 10 | 70 |
Section 11 | 74 |
Section 12 | 89 |
Section 13 | 98 |
Section 14 | 109 |
Section 15 | 112 |
Section 16 | 129 |
Section 17 | 131 |
Section 18 | 138 |
Section 19 | 138 |
Section 20 | 139 |
Section 21 | 151 |
Section 22 | 159 |
Section 23 | 169 |
Section 32 | 217 |
Section 33 | 222 |
Section 34 | 224 |
Section 35 | 238 |
Section 36 | 244 |
Section 37 | 249 |
Section 38 | 256 |
Section 39 | 259 |
Section 40 | 261 |
Section 41 | 268 |
Section 42 | 270 |
Section 43 | 276 |
Section 44 | 284 |
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