The grand old man (Khushwant Singh) of literature died peacefully at home at his Sujan Singh Park home near Khan Market, Delhi on Thursday. The reason of death is natural, suffering from respiratory trouble from last two days. The man who made a place in the heart of millions of people’s with his love of poetry was remit to flames in the electric crematorium at the Lodhi Road crematorium.
He was born on Feb. 2, 1915 in Hadali, Distt. Khushab; Punjab (now in Pakistan) His father, Sobha Singh, was a well-known builder in Lutyen’s Delhi. Khushwant Singh married to Kawal Malik and had a two children, named as Rahul Singh and Mala. He started his Career as a practicing Layer in 1938. He was the editor of Yojana (1951-1953), and also worked with the two major Indian Newspapers; the National Herald and the Hindustan Times (1980-1983). Khushwant Singh was a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986.
He was a lawyer-pivot -journalist-pivot-writer. He started Writing from 1950’s. His autobiography, “Truth, Love and a little Malice”, was published in 2002 by Penguin Books. In 2007, He was awarded with the Padma Vibhushan, India’s 2nd Highest Civilian Award. He writes some classics books like “Train to Pakistan”, “I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale” The Company of Women and “Delhi- a novel”. His novel “Delhi” won so many awards and translated into different languages. He also wrote dozens of novels and short story Collections. Three years ago he had decided to stop writing. But, a few weeks later, he again started writing his columns. His last book “The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous” (Co-authored with Humra Qureshi) which was published in October 2013.