“I must write 3 or 4 pages every day, otherwise I don’t feel I have earned my whisky” says 96 years old legendary Khushwant Singh in an interview to Mr.Navtej Sharma (the Hindu, Sunday, December 5, 2010). A ripe-old writer after having lived more than 9 decades of his life puts his experience as follows:-
“Writing is a solitary profession and you simply cannot write in a crowd or in the mix of people. Over the years, I have discovered what enormous energy silence creates, energy – socializing energy – socializing useless chit chat depletes. You have got to train yourself to be alone”.
This comes from the mouth of a person who was known for his socializing throughout his life. Drinking and smoking is a must for certain creative writers especially in Urdu literature as pointed out by Mr.Kushwant Singh. It seems people like Kushwant Singh and Faiz Ahamad drink and drink the whole day and the whole year. For a teetotaler, like many of us, it is a wonder that how different the world is to different people with different tastes and habits.
Writing is an art and ‘Badey Miyah’ has helped Kushwant Singh to a great extent throughout his life although he is not prepared to accept the existence of a Supreme Being.
This comes from the mouth of a person who was known for his socializing throughout his life. Drinking and smoking is a must for certain creative writers especially in Urdu literature as pointed out by Mr.Kushwant Singh. It seems people like Kushwant Singh and Faiz Ahamad drink and drink the whole day and the whole year. For a teetotaler, like many of us, it is a wonder that how different the world is to different people with different tastes and habits.
Writing is an art and ‘Badey Miyah’ has helped Kushwant Singh to a great extent throughout his life although he is not prepared to accept the existence of a Supreme Being.
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