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:( Khushwant Singh, journalist and writer, dies at 99: Mar 20, 2014, 01.19PM IST NEW DELHI: Noted writer and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away on Thursday. He was 99. Singh was best known for his trenchant secularism, his humor, and an abiding love of poetry. He was fine and passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, his daughter Mala Singh said. According to TV reports, his cremation will take place at Lodhi Crematorium at 4pm on Thursday. Born on February 2, 1915 in Hadali, now in Pakistan, Singh wrote classics like Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. Singh came into prominence after India got independence from Britain in 1947. He was a lawyer-turned diplomat- turned-writer. His autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice, was published by Penguin Books in 2002. He was editor of several literary and news magazines, including the Illustrated Weekly of India as well as two newspapers, the Hindustan Times and the National Herald, through the 1970s and 1980s. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Eeh
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:09:41 +0000

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