Khushwant Singh passed away in his sleep from a cardiac arrest
He was 99. His cremation will be held at the Lodhi crematorium in New Delhi at 4 pm.
BJP leader L.K. Advani pays his tributes to Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh's son Rahul (right) and daughter Mala (left) outside their house
About Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh was regarded as one of India's best-known writers and columnists.
Born on February 2, 1915, in Hadali, now in Pakistan's Punjab,
Khushwant Singh was -
- founder-editor of Yojana
- editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India
- editor of National Herald and
- editor of the Hindustan Times
Khushwant Singh was the author of classics like -
"Train to Pakistan"
"I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale" and
"Delhi"
Khushwant Singh wrote the novel "The Sunset Club" when he was 95."The Sunset Club" is an exploration of friendship, sexuality, old age and infirmity; a joyous celebration of nature; an insightful portrait of India's paradoxes and complexities.
Khushwant Singh's non-fiction includes the classic two-volume "A History of the Sikhs", a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry.
Khushwant Singh's last book was 'Khushwantnama' which was published at the age of 98.
- was a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986
- was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army
- awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2007
I have posted this comment elsewhere was well. I have been an admirer of Khushwant Singh Ji’s writing for many years. He will be missed, but God blessed him with both a long and a productive life. His atma will finally know for certain whether or not his agnosticism was a correct point of view. With all due respect, I always thought his uncertainty about the existence of God was misguided.
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