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The Portrait of a Lady-Khushwant Singh
Hornbill
Sanjay Sharma, PGT English
About the writer
Famous writer in English
Born in 1915 in Hadali (in Pakistan now)
Educated in the Government College, Lahore, and
at King's Colege, Cambridge University, &The
Inner Temple in London
Practised law at Lahore High Court for several
years
Founder editor of Yojana (1951-53), the
'llustrated Weekly of India' (1979-80), Chief Editor
of New Delhi (1979-80), and editor of the
'Hindustan Times' (1980-83)
Saturday column With Malice towards One
and All' in the 'Hindustan Times' - one of the 2
, (contd...)
aself-proclaimed agnostic -against
organised religion - evidently inclined
towards atheism -
"One can be asaintly person without believing in
God and a detestable villain believing in him. In
my personalised religion, There Is No God!"
" don't believe in rebirth or in reincarnation, in
the day of judgement or in heaven or hell. I
accept the finality of death."
died of natural causes on 20 March 2014 at his
Delhi residence, at the age of 99.
The Portrait of a Lady
Lady - a woman of good social position
Portrait - a painting, drawing, photograph,
or engraving of a person, especially one
depicting only the face or head and Representative portrait of
shoulders. an old woman
The Portrait of a Lady - Khushwant Singh's
grandmother
Simple and exemplary
Our love for grandmothers
What is very special about grandmothers?
Are their lives worth recording? Dalamy stock photo
Do they make the stuff that is required for A representative image
writing a story?
Do they interest readers?
Very dear to all
Loved and adoredmore than parents
Sanjay Sharma
PGT English
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