THE SUNSET CLUB by Khushwant Singh

Author:Khushwant Singh
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788184752953
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

‘So, what did your Begum Sahiba have to say about our prime minister?’ asks Sharma as soon as they are on the Boorha Binch the following evening.

‘Many things,’ replies Baig. ‘She says Manmohan Singh is able and honest, he has never made money dishonestly nor done favours to members of his family or friends. He never praises himself or runs down his detractors. He does not talk too much—not like other politicians who talk bakwaas all the time.’ After a pause Baig adds: ‘What seems to have made my wife more enamoured of Manmohan Singh is she heard him reading out a speech on TV. His head moved from right to left and she shouted, “He is reading Urdu.”’

All the three have a hearty laugh.

Baig continues: ‘She said Manmohan made the ideal leader of a kaarwaan and quoted a couplet from Iqbal about the qualities of a mir-e-kaarwaan—leader of a caravan:

Nigaah buland, sukhan dil nawaaz, jaan pur soz

Yehi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-kaarwaan ke liye.

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