When Giani Zail Singh became President of India, he expressed his desire to dine with writer-editor Khushwant Singh whom he had known for long. Relating this anecdote in the opening session of the Khushwant Singh Litfest here on Friday, Ashok Chopra, co-director of the event, said Khushwant fixed the date for dinner at his residence in Sujaan Singh Park in New Delhi and the scheduled time was 7’O clock. Ashok Chopra, co-director of the event, said Khushwant fixed the date for dinner at his residence in Sujaan Singh Park in New Delhi and the scheduled time was 7’O clock. At this, Mrs Singh asked for the dinner to be served because Khushwant’s day started at 4 am. One of these related to the writer request that he wanted to salute the soldier at the first Khushwant Singh Litfest.

Source: Hindustan Times October 07, 2017 04:07 UTC