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Book Synopsis The Collected Short Stories of Khushwant Singh by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book The Collected Short Stories of Khushwant Singh written by Khushwant Singh and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Contains All Of Khushwant Singh`S Short Stories That Have Appeared In Smaller Collections, An Essay `On The Short Story` As A Lively Introduction To This Volume And A Hither To Un Published Story The Convent
Book Synopsis The Collected Short Stories of Khushwant Singh by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book The Collected Short Stories of Khushwant Singh written by Khushwant Singh and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khushwant Singh First Established His Reputation As A Writer Through The Short Story. Sine Then He Has Become One Of Indias Most Celebrated Authors, Its Most Widely Read Journalist, And Its Most Outspoken Public Figure. This Volume Contains Stories By Him That Have Appeared In Smaller Collections Of His Work And Separately, In Literary Journals Over Nearly Fifty Years.
Book Synopsis The Portrait of a Lady by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spanning over half a century, this volume contains all the short stories Khushwant Singh has every written, including the delightful tongue-in-cheek 'The Maharani of Chootiapuram', written in 2008."--Back cover.
Book Synopsis Khushwant Singh Selects Best Indian Short Stories by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Khushwant Singh Selects Best Indian Short Stories written by Khushwant Singh and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthology of short stories written by authors in their regional languages as well as those in English.
Book Synopsis Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 1 by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 1 written by Khushwant Singh and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian short story is extraordinary in its ability to stick to the traditional rules of the craft and still demonstrate remarkable originality. It revolves around a limited number of characters, confines itself in time and space, and has a well-plotted narrative that drives its central theme. Within the traditional framework, however, creativity flowers and a fresh and imaginative story emerges. This volume is chock-full with such stories, written by authors well known in their regional languages as well as those who have made a name for themselves in English literary circles. Carefully selected by India's literary giant, the late Khushwant Singh, these pieces represent the best of Indian writing from around the country.
Book Synopsis Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 2 by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 2 written by Khushwant Singh and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khushwant Singh, the country's foremost literary figure, serves up another volume of the finest fiction from across India. 'A good read . . . engaging . . . The names live up to their reputation.' - India Today 'Tremendous richness of characters on display.' - Deccan Herald 'Offers much . . . to the discriminating reader.' - Deccan Chronicle 'An eminently readable book . . . The range of geographical areas and social backgrounds that this selection represents are truly vast.' - The Tribune
Book Synopsis Paradise and Other Stories by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Paradise and Other Stories written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Balzac could not have done better’ —The Financial Express In this sparkling collection of stories, India’s best-known writer addresses some pertinent questions: Why do we believe in miracles? Can a horoscope guarantee the perfect wife? Is the Kamasutra a useful manual for newlyweds? Margaret Bloom arrives in Haridwar from New York to save her soul. But she soon discovers that there are temptations even on the banks of the holy Ganga. Madan Mohan Pandey, amateur astrologer and scholar of ancient Hindu texts, finds to his horror that his doe-like bride is not quite what he had expected. Pious Zora Singh, Pride of the Nation, rumoured to be a chaar sau bees and a womanizer, silences his detractors by earning the Bharat Ratna. Devi Lal makes his peace with a fickle God when his daughter-in-law delivers a son, following secret visits to the Peer Sahib’s tomb. And Vijay Lall, emboldened by his miraculous escape from death, decides to act upon his silent obsession with Karuna Chaudhury, which takes him to a shifty soothsayer behind the Khan Market loo. Khushwant Singh returns to the short story after decades to deliver a truly memorable collection—humorous, provocative, tongue-in-cheek, ribald and even, at times, tender.
Book Synopsis Memories of Madness by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Memories of Madness written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Independence for India, in 1947, came with a price: division on the basis of religion. In the communal riots that followed, hundreds of thousands were killed and millions rendered homeless. And the tragic legacy of Partition haunts the subcontinent even today. Memories of Madness brings together works by three leading writers who witnessed the insanity of those months. Train to Pakistan, Khushwant Singh’s debut novel, tells the story of a village in Punjab, Mano Majra, where Muslims and Sikhs have co-existed peacefully, till one night in 1947, when a ghost train arrives from across the new border, bearing corpses of butchered refugees. As mistrust grows into hate and the people of Mano Majra lose their humanity, it is left to an outcast, a Sikh dacoit in love with a Muslim girl, to avert another carnage. Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas is a harrowing portrait of a small frontier town in the grip of communal frenzy. Based on the author’s own experience of riots in Rawalpindi, this celebrated novel describes the murder and mayhem triggered off by the discovery of a pig’s carcass outside a mosque. The matchless stories of Saadat Hasan Manto, the greatest short story writer in the Urdu language, round off this collection. In addition to his most famous story, ‘Toba Tek Singh’, the selection includes ten other sketches and stories in which Manto turns his unflinching gaze on history's criminals, victims and unlikely heroes. As moving as they are disturbing, the stories in this volume are of immense relevance in these times, for they constitute a chilling reminder of the consequences of communal politics.
Book Synopsis The Portrait of a Lady by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spanning over half a century, this volume contains all the short stories Khushwant Singh has every written, including the delightful tongue-in-cheek 'The Maharani of Chootiapuram', written in 2008."--Back cover.
Book Synopsis Khushwant Singh's Big Book of Malice by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Khushwant Singh's Big Book of Malice written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2000 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malice. 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
Book Synopsis English and the Indian Short Story by : Mohan Ramanan
Download or read book English and the Indian Short Story written by Mohan Ramanan and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume seek to explore the genre of the short story in India and its relationship with English language and literature. Various aspects of the question are taken up the impact of colonialism; the way English has shaped (or not) short story writing; why, how and in what contexts English words are used, feminist perspectives in the writings of women; the Indian diaspora; the teaching of the short story to Indian students and so on.
Book Synopsis Best Indian Short Stories - Volume-1 by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Best Indian Short Stories - Volume-1 written by Khushwant Singh and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2006 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Indian Short Stories is a work of fiction.
Book Synopsis A Companion to Indian Fiction in English by : Pier Paolo Piciucco
Download or read book A Companion to Indian Fiction in English written by Pier Paolo Piciucco and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2004 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After The Pioneer Works By Scholars Such As Naik, Narasimhaiah And Mukherjee, And The Thirty Years Of Silence Which Followed Their Ground-Breaking Achievements, The Companion Appears On The Scene Striving To Reinvigorate The Tradition Of Panoramic Studies Of Indian Literature In English. In The Intervening Period, Indian Fiction In English Has Become Of Paramount Importance In The Wide Context Of Postcolonial Studies: An Emergent Crop Of Novelists Belonging To The So-Called New Generation Has Colourfully Paved The Way Towards New Artistic Horizons, Re-Interpreting Western-Derived Literary Models With Inventive Approaches. Complementary To Their Role There Is The Articulate Presence Of A Host Of Indian Scholars Who In Recent Years Have Significantly Influenced The Course Of This Analysis And Have Vitally Contributed To Enlarging Its Scope Well Beyond The Original Boundaries Of Studies In Literary Criticism.The Companion, Therefore, Addresses The Exigencies Of Critics, Teachers And Students Alike All Those Who Need To Find Quick Points Of Reference In This Wide Field Of Studies By Relying On A Team Of Authoritative Collaborators And Specialists From All Over The World. Great Care Was Taken Not Only In Selecting Collaborators On The Basis Of Their Specialisation But Also Taking Into Account Their Cultural Background In Relation To The Author They Were To Discuss. The Book In Fact Has Been Organised To Have What Have Been Deemed To Be The Most Representative Authors In Indian Fiction Discussed In An Essay-Long Chapter Each, Structured To Highlight Crucial Points Such As Biographical Details, Novels And Critical Reception. Each Chapter Includes A Final Bibliography Complete With Primary And Secondary Sources, Enabling The Scholar To Have Immediate Orientation On Various Specific Topics. Finally, The Book Has An Innovative Section, With Synopses Of Novels, Planned To Allow Our Readers To Immediately Place The Authors Analysed Within The Panorama Of Indian Fiction In English. The Over 400 Synopses Included Principally Introduce Works Written By The Novelists Discussed At Length In The Previous Chapters But, Along With Them, It Is Also Possible To Find Summaries Of Works By Authors Who, Although Contributing In A Significant Way To The Development Of Forms And Techniques, Do Not Feature In The First Part.
Book Synopsis Not A Nice Man To Know by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Not A Nice Man To Know written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential Khushwant Singh collection. In an essay in this anthology, Khushwant Singh claims that he is not a nice man to know. Whatever the truth of that assertion, there is little question about his skill as a witty, eloquent and entertaining writer. This book collects the best of over three decades of the author’s prose—including his finest journalistic pieces, short stories, translations, jokes, plays as well as excerpts from his non-fiction books and novels. Taken together, the pieces in this selection (some of which have never been published before) show just why Khushwant Singh is the country’s most widely read columnist and one of its most celebrated authors.
Download or read book On Women written by Khushwant Singh and published by Rupa Publications India. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khushwant Singh is well known for his brazen interest in the fairer sex. He has revelled in the notoriety that this interest has evoked. Some of his best known works are inspired by the enduring obsession with them, both as a peerless raconteur and as a journalist. on Women: Selected Writings is another good offering from this writer. 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. He also returns to some unforgettable women characters from his previous works of fiction: A clueless American teenager, Georgine, who was taken advantage of by a middle-aged tour guide in Delhi. on Women: Selected Writings, contains a description of a young girl, Nooran, in pre-partition Punjab, who has a sweet feeling of falling in love for the first time but the partition casts a long shadow on her emotions.
Book Synopsis The Misunderstood Khushwant by : Manoj Kumar Mishra
Download or read book The Misunderstood Khushwant written by Manoj Kumar Mishra and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khushwant Singh, b. 1915, Indo-English litterateur.
Book Synopsis Khushwant Singh's Book of Unforgettable Women by : Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Khushwant Singh's Book of Unforgettable Women written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Though I am nothing to look at, it is women who have sought my company more than I have sought theirs." 'Khushwant Singh' In Khushwant Singh's Book of Unforgettable Women, India's most widely-read and irreverent author and columnist profiles some of many women in his life. From Ghayoorunnisa Hafeez, the girl who forever changed his attitude towards Muslims, to his wife, Kaval Malik, who is allergic to media publicity; from his old grandmother to the controversial artist Amrita Shergil; from Mother Teresa to Phoolan Devi, Khushwant Singh paints colourful and true-to-life portraits of the women he has known, loved, despised, admired, and lived with. The book also includes some of the women Khushwant Singh has conjured up in the numerous stories and novels he has written over sixty years. The lively Martha Stack (-Black Jasmine'), Lady Mohan Lal (-Karma'), Jean Memsahib (-The Memsahib of Mandla'), the hijra-whore Bhagmati (Delhi), the insatiable Champak (I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale), dark-eyed Nooran (Train to Pakistan) and the free-spirited Molly Gomes (The Company of Women) are only a few of Khushwant Singh's larger-than-life characters who are sure to entertain and amuse the reader.
