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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5809)	8/24/1999 1:49:00 PM
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To:"Khushwant Singh, Bastard, India...." Book Review:In the Company of Women Love him or hate him, there is more to the Sardar than just sleaze. Even in the autumn of his life the celebrated writer continues to fantasise. ................... A man for most professions -- he's been a lawyer, bureaucrat, editor (The Illustrated Weekly, The Hindustan Times and Yojana), academic (taught at Princeton), scholar and Rajya Sabha member. But it's in his political avatar that he's tripped. Even his son says so: "He reacts emotionally to politics. When he is fond of something, the rationality goes. He can be very foolish politically but absolutely honest emotionally." .............. By Madhu Jain " We've had so many donkeys as PM" Khushwant Singh. Bastard. India. That is all that the envelope from Canada has on it when it reaches the delighted "sardarji" in his Sujan Singh Park apartment in New Delhi. Never mind that the hate mail from a Canadian Sikh is littered with "ma-behan ki galis obscenities)". For the best-selling author of over 80 books and two weekly columns syndicated in over 40 English publications and numerous vernacular papers, it just proves he is the capital's best known living monument..... india-today.com