Absolute Khushwant – Humra Quraishi and Khushwant Singh

One of the great icons of our time, Khushwant Singh, 95, is a man of contradictions. An agnostic who’s well-versed in the holy scriptures; a vocal champion of free speech who supported the Emergency; a dirty old man who sees the world in a grain of sand and beauty in a wildflower. Born in 1915 in pre-Partition Punjab, Khushwant Singh has been witness to almost all the major events in modern Indian history and has known most of the figures who have shaped it. In a career spanning over six decades as a writer, editor and journalist, his views have been provocative and controversial, but they have also been profound, deeply perceptive and always compelling.