books & authors section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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Khushwant Singh is an Indian novelist and journalist.

Singh’s weekly column, “With Malice towards One and All”, carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country. An Indo-Anglican novelist, Singh is best known for his trenchant secularism, his humour, and his abiding love of poetry.

His comparisons of social and behavioural characteristics of Westerners and Indians are laced with acid wit. He served as editor of several literary and news magazines, as well as two broadsheet newspapers, through the 1970s and 1980s.

He is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan the second-highest civilian award in India.

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The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. It was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist and won the 1988 Whitbread Award for a novel of the year.

However, major controversy ensued as conservative Muslims accused it of blasphemy and mocking their faith which resulted in a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, in 1989.

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The second edition of the book, “Environmental Jurisprudence” written by Chief Justice of Uttaranchal High Court, Justice Ashok Desai, was released recently. This book deals with the legislative aspects of the conservation of biodiversity, of sustainable development, of population explosion, of global environmental regulations.