Thanks for the link PervertMinded. Liked this bit : "For him, the recognition is a sign that he was right all long: that you can write about farting and fornicating on the same page as an Adi Shankara verse or an Urdu couplet, that it is possible to be scholarly without being solemn." Also, there was this thread about him a while ago: - http://www.sajha.com/sajha/html/OpenThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=41432 Warning: As with all things Kushwant Singh, the poem and interview may not to be to everyone's taste, but he does have a funny side to him, at least for me :)