The very name Khushwant Singh conjures up the image of an untidily dressed, flirtatious sardar, fortified with scotch, and surrounded by a bevy of wannable women writers and socialites. The lay reader believes him to be an extremely superficial and frivolous man, who has a penchant for getting into soups due to his unrestrained opinions on disputable topics. They feel that neither he nor his writings ought to be taken seriously. The result is that when the merit ...
