Delhi A Novel,Singh

by Khushwant Singh (Author)

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Synopsis of Delhi A Novel,Singh

‘I Return To Delhi As I Return To My Mistress Bhagmati When I Have Had My Fill Of Whoring In Foreign Lands…'

Thus Begins Khushwant Singh'S Vast, Erotic, Irrelevant Magnum Opus On The City Of Delhi. The Principal Narrator Of The Saga, Which Extends Over Six Hundred Years, Is A Bawdy, Ageing Reprobate Who Loves Delhi As Much As He Does The Hijda Whore Bhagmati—Half Man, Half Woman With Sexual Inventiveness And Energy Of Both The Sexes. Travelling Through Time, Space And History To ‘Discover' His Beloved City, The Narrator Meets A Myriad Of People—Poets And Princes, Saints And Sultans, Temptresses And Traitors, Emperors And Eunuchs—Who Have Shaped And Endowed Delhi With Its Very Special Mystique… And As We Accompany The Narrator On His Epic Journey We Find The City Of Emperors Transformed And Immortalized In Our Minds For Ever.

About The Author
Khushwant Singh Is India'S Best-Known Writer And Columnist. He Has Been Founder-Editor Of Yojana, And Editor Of The Illustrated Weekly Of India, The National Herald And The Hindustan Times. He Is Also The Author Of Several Books Which Include The Novels Train To Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale, Delhi, The Company Of Women And Burial At Sea; The Classic Two-Volume A History Of The Sikhs; And A Number Of Translations And Non-Fiction Books On Sikh Religion And Culture, Delhi, Nature, Current Affairs And Urdu Poetry. His Autobiography, Truth, Love And A Little Malice, Was Published In 2002.

Khushwant Singh Was A Member Of Parliament From 1980 To 1986. He Was Awarded The Padma Bhushan In 1974, But Returned The Decoration In 1984 In Protest Against The Storming Of The Golden Temple By The Indian Army. In 2007, He Was Awarded The Padma Vibhushan.

Product details

  • Pages: 392
  • Published: 22/06/1905
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780140126198
  • Category: Indian Writing

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