By Khushwant Singh
Autobiography of Khushwant Singh
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Much as I tried, I failed to gain admittance into this charmed circle. I did no better at Government College than I had at St Stephen’s. (Waste Paper Basket) column to prove they were junk. He got the same answer. Although we played table tennis, carom and other indoor games together and sat side by side in our classes, there were few instances of close friendship with Muslims. The usual comment on catamites turned sodomites was in Urdu: Jab chabacchey bhar gaye, tootian behney lageen — when cisterns are full, water overflows into pipes.
Degree and at the same time applied for membership of the Inner Temple to qualify as a Barrister. Umrao went on to acquire a second wife. Umrao Singh, his two wives and children shared Longwood with the Gills and lived in evident harmony. He would go on binges, drinking steadily from morning to the late hours of the night. It was said that he was quite impotent himself. Only Roma Biswas had preceded me to do a course in higher education. It was slow going, with lines of ships in front and behind and a vast desert on either side, interspersed with nondescript, dusty habitations.
I was then, as I am now, incapable of making lasting friendships. My uncle was my passport and my visa for admission to Government College. In those days there was very little traffic on this highway. The law courts were not a very edifying sight. Also, litigants and lawyers who lined up against the court walls to urinate. Quite a few Government College boys lost their virginity to the whores of Tibbi. S. He became Director General of All India Radio and then head of the Mass Communications Department of the United Nations.