Khushwant Singh Summary

Khushwant Singh (1915- ) was born in a village called Handali ( now in Pakistan). He pursued education from the Government College, Lahore followed by at King’s College, Cambridge University and at the Inner Temple in London. He initially chose to be a lawyer by profession and had practiced at the Lahore High Court for years. Later on he joined the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in 1947. He even left this job and started an illustrious career as a journalist with the All India Radio in 1951. He is the founder-editor of Yojana (1951-1953) and had been the editor of multiple well known magazines such as the Illustrated weekly of India as well as for national newspapers such as the Hindustan Times. He is by far one of the most influential …show more content…
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