Khushwant Singh (February 2, 1915 – March 20, 2014) was an Indian novelist, lawyer, politician and journalist. An Indo-Anglian writer, Singh was best known for his trenchant secularism, his humor, and an abiding love of poetry. His comparisons of social and behavioral characteristics of Westerners and Indians are laced with acid wit. He served as the editor of several literary and news magazines, as well as two newspapers, through the 1970s and 1980s. He was the recipient of Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award in India.
He was a prolific writer whose work included serious histories, joke collections, and one of post-Independence India's great novels, "Train to Pakistan". He was one of India's best-known writers for more than six decades.
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Journalist and novelist.
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He turned a minor magazine, the Illustrated Weekly of India, into a journalistic force, and also ran two newspapers, the Hindustan Times and the National Herald.
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He received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Not a Nice Man to Know
1998
TV Series
Host
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Train to Pakistan
1998
novel
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Indira Gandhi: The Death of Mother India
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Dynasty: The Nehru-Gandhi Story
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Modern India
1960
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Presenter
Known for movies
Train to Pakistan (1998) as Writer
Indira Gandhi: The Death of Mother India (2004) as Himself
$600,000
