Noted writer and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away on - TopicsExpress



          

Noted writer and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away on Thursday at the age of 99 at his residence in Sujan Singh Park in New Delhi. 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. 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. His autobiography, ‘Truth, Love and a Little Malice’, was published in 2002 by Penguin Books. Singhs last book Khushwantnama was published last year. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. May his soul rest in peace.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:39:21 +0000

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