" At the award ceremony, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh described him as a "humorous writer and incorrigible believer in human goodness with a devil-may-care attitude and a courageous mind. In July 2000, he was conferred the "Honest Man of the Year Award" by the Salah International Social Service Organization for his courage and honesty in his "brilliant incisive writing. Khushwant Singh's name is bound to go down in Indian literary history as one of the finest historians and novelists, a forthright political commentator, and an outstanding observer and social critic. His Saturday column "With Malice Towards One and All" in the Hindustan times is by far one of the most popular columns of the day. Since then he has been founder-editor of Yojana (1951-1953), editor of the Illustrated weekly of India (1979-1980), chief editor of New Delhi (1979-1980), and editor of the Hindustan times (1980-1983). He began a distinguished career as a journalist with the All India Radio in 1951. He practiced law at the Lahore High Court for several years before joining the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in 1947. He was educated at the Government College, Lahore and at King's College, Cambridge University, and the Inner Temple in London. Khushwant Singh, one of the best -known Indian writers of all times, was born in 1915 in Hadali (now in Pakistan).
In The Company of Women, his first novel in ten years, Khushwant Singh, India’s most widely read author, has produced an uninhibited, erotic and endlessly entertaining celebration of love, sex and passion. After each affair ends and before the next begins, Mohan finds solace in the practiced charms of his obliging maid, Dhanno, and in the memories of his first loves: the American Jessica Browne, to whom he lost his virginity, and the Pakistani Yasmeen Wanchoo, who brought him the heady passion of an older woman.
There is Sarojini Bharadwaj, the demure professor from small-town Haryana who surprises Mohan with her ardour and sexual energy Molly Gomes, the free-spirited masseuse from Goa, mistress of the sensual impulse and Susanthika Goonatilleke, the diminutive seductress from Sri Lanka. Thus begins his journey of easy, unbridled sexuality in the company of some remarkable women.
Convinced that ‘lust is the true foundation of love’, he embarks on an audacious plan: he will advertise for paid lady companions to share his bed and his life. Recently separated from his nagging, ill-tempered wife of thirteen years, millionaire businessman Mohan Kumar decides to reinvent his life.
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