The Good The Bad And The Ridiculous: Profiles

Insightful provocative unabashedly entertaining. In the course of almost a century of living Khushwant Singh has been witness to the making of more public and private histories than most of us have read about. He has encountered and frequently crossed swords with many of the men and women who have been central to these histories and he has written about them with glorious candour. This collection brings together the very best of these pen portraits some of which have never before appeared in a book. Among those profiled are Jawaharlal Nehru Krishna Menon Indira Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi Amrita Sher-Gil Begum Para Muhammad Ali Jinnah M.S. Golwalkar Mother Teresa Faiz Ahmad Faiz Dhirendra Brahmachari Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale General Tikka Khan Phoolan Devi Giani Zail Singh and Bhagat Puran Singh. Insightful provocative and unabashedly entertaining The Good the Bad and the Ridiculous is in many ways an intimate irreverent modern history of the subcontinent by one of Indias most celebrated literary and cultural icons.Interesting Facts about the BookFrom Indias grand old man of letters comes a new compilation of essays that profile some of the most iconic figures in the last century of the subcontinents history.This book will appeal not only to admirers of Khushwant Singhs writing but also to anyone Interested in the history politics and socio-economic scenario of twentieth century India.People profiled in this book include Jawaharlal Nehru Krishna Menon Indira Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi Amrita Sher-Gil Begum Para Muhammad Ali Jinnah M.S. Golwalkar Mother Teresa Faiz Ahmad Faiz Dhirendra Brahmachari Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale General Tikka Khan Phoolan Devi Giani Zail Singh and Bhagat Puran Singh.