THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE RIDICULOUS

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 India’s most celebrated literary and cultural
icons.Interesting Facts about the BookFrom India’s 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 subcontinent’s history.This book will appeal
not only to admirers of Khushwant Singh’s 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.