Khushwant Singh

When you have counted eighty years and more, Time and Fate will batter at your door; But if you should survive to…

— Khushwant Singh

“Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of…

— Khushwant Singh

“There are many ways of attaining godhood, say teachers of religion. Acharya Rajneesh disagrees and says there is only one way, and…

— Khushwant Singh

I don't want to be cremated, I want to be buried. I don't believe in wasting wood and I feel that one…

— Khushwant Singh

“I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and…

— Khushwant Singh

“One Sikh may argue with one Sikh. One Sikh must never argue with two Sikhs–certainly not after dark.”

— Khushwant Singh

I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a…

— Khushwant Singh

No one has invented a condom for the pen yet

— Khushwant Singh

I have never, in 50 years, ever missed a deadline [as a journalist].

— Khushwant Singh

“poverty which had celebrated a hundred thousand silver and golden jubilees.”

— Khushwant Singh

“He told us of an incident from the life of the Prophet Musa. Musa heard a poor shepherd praying: ‘Where art Thou…

— Khushwant Singh

The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned

— Khushwant Singh

I haven't any close friends. Friendship needs time to interact, sit down, gossip. I don't have that time.

— Khushwant Singh

I still think that the point of reference for every Indian when he is in doubt on any political or social issue…

— Khushwant Singh

Nature provides that a man who slaves all day should spend the hours of the night in a palace full of houris…

— Khushwant Singh

[Sex] is of real interest to every human being and so why gloss over it, and it's fun, it's interesting, it has…

— Khushwant Singh

“Once through this ruined city did I pass I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked ‘What knowest thou of…

— Khushwant Singh

“I realized that I belonged neither to the Hindus nor to the Mussalmans. How could I explain to my wife that while…

— Khushwant Singh

I was under police security for 15 years because I was on their hit-list. I opposed Khalistan because I thought it would…

— Khushwant Singh

“Mohammad, a child of Arab parents was enrolled in a school in New York. On the first day, his teacher asked, ‘What…

— Khushwant Singh

“How downhearted was Meer at night! Whatever came to his lips became a cry for help. When he started on the path…

— Khushwant Singh

I think the sense of belonging does give you a certain amount of mental satisfaction.

— Khushwant Singh

“little mother of ancient days: Thou hast cunningly dyed thy hair but consider That thy bent back will never be straight!”

— Khushwant Singh

That's Delhi. When life gets too much for you all you need to do is to spend an hour at Nigambodh Ghat,watch…

— Khushwant Singh

“We had heard that the people of Delhi loved their city as bees love flowers. But we could not believe that the…

— Khushwant Singh