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The Portrait of a Lady (Paperback)

by Khushwant Singh

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I believe that short stories should conform to tradition: in being short, having a good beginning, middle and end- preferably a surprise ending with some message to convey. Unfortunately the tradition has long been flouted, particularly in the United States.
Their leading magazines (like the New Yorker) carry stories of the size of novellas, introduce many characters and asides which have little relevance to the central theme and often conclude without a proper ending.
Being published in the New Yorker is usually regarded as a hallmark of success but I find these stories highly overrated and find the stories appearing in British magazines like Granta and the London Magazine closer to my idea of what they should be. (Only one story in this collection went out of control and almost became a novella.)

Title	The Portrait of a Lady
Author	Khushwant Singh
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd (India)
ISBN	9780143065876
Edition	2007th Edition, 2009
Number of Pages	480
Country	India
Language	English

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Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian novelist, lawyer, journalist and politician. Born and raised in Hadali, Punjab (now in Pakistan), he studied law at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and King's College London. After working as a lawyer in Lahore Court for eight years, he joined the Indian Foreign Service upon the Independence of India from British Empire in 1947. He was appointed journalist in the All India Radio in 1951, and then moved to the Department of Mass Communications of UNESCO at Paris in 1956. These last two careers encouraged him to pursue a literary career. As a writer, he was best known for his trenchant secularism, humour, sarcasm 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. Between 1980-1986 he served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Khushwant Singh was decorated with the Padma Bhushan in 1974. But he returned the award in 1984 in protest against Operation Blue Star in which the Indian Army raided Amritsar. In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award in India.