The Big Book of Malice

<p><i>'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.'-</i>Khushwant Singh<br>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.<br>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, Lalu, Bal Thackeray, Chandraswami and Sonia Gandhi, among host of others. <br>Khushwant Singh's <i>Big Book of Malice</i> 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.</p> 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 SinghMalice. 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 wrIt's unabashedly on nose picking wife bashing bribing journalists gender wars and the desires of an octogenarian on Nehru and Edwina Lalu 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. About the Author Khushwant Singh was India's best-known writer and columnist. He was founder-editor ofYojana and editor of theIllustrated Weekly of India theNational Herald andHindustan Times. He is the author of classics such asTrain to PakistanI shall Not Hear the Nightingale (retitled asThe Lost Victory) andDelhi. His non-fiction includes the classic two-volumeA History of the Sikhs a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture Delhi nature current affairs and Urdu poetry. In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Among the other awards he has received are the Punjab Ratan the Sulabh International award for the most honest Indian of the year and honorary doctorates from several universities. He passed away in 2014 at the age of ninety-nine.