Khushwant Singh was born in 1915, in the Hadali village of Punjab, which is now a part of Pakistan. He is a widely read and well-known columnist and author in India. He was the editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The Hindustan Times and National Herald and the founder-editor of Yogana. The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories was his first book, which was published in 1950. Over the past six decades he has published several best-selling nonfiction and fiction books.
Khushwant Singh is well known for his brazen interest in the fairer sex. He has revelled in the notoriety that this interest has evoked. Some of his best known works are inspired by the enduring obsession with them, both as a peerless raconteur and as a journalist. on Women: Selected Writings is another good offering from this writer.
