Khushwant Singh is well known for his brazen interest in the fairer sex. He has revelled in the notoriety that this interest has evoked. Some of his best known works are inspired by the enduring obsession with them both as a peerless raconteur and as a journalist. on Women Selected Writings is another good offering from this writer. In his book on Women Selected Writings he describes an embarrassing meeting with a drunken actress of yesteryear Begum Para. He gives a detailed profile of Shraddha Mata and of a tantrik sadhvi who claimed she was the mother of the illegitimate child of Jawaharlal Nehru. Mr Singh also talks about his grandmother with a touching sketch on the twilight of her life. He also returns to some unforgettable women characters from his previous works of fiction A clueless American teenager Georgine who was taken advantage of by a middle aged tour guide in Delhi. on Women Selected Writings contains a description of a young girl Nooran in pre partition Punjab who has a sweet feeling of falling in love for the first time but the partition casts a long shadow on her emotions. The book is in paperback format and is published by Rupa Publications India in 2014.Key FeaturesOn Women Selected Writing is poignant insightful and wicked at times. The extracts and the essays are proofs of what makes Khushwant Singh one of the most celebrated writers in India.