Khushwant Singh is the author of three books: the bestselling Sikhs Unlimited (2007); a travelogue featuring extraordinary Sikhs); the gripping Turbaned Tornado: The Oldest Marathon Runner Fauja Singh (2011); and the widely acclaimed novel Maharaja in Denims (2014), a story set in Chandigarh.
Khushwant Singh’s works on the Punjabi, especially Sikh, diaspora are used extensively as research material by Western universities. His column, ‘Punjabi by Nature’ in the Hindustan Times (Chandigarh), has a huge readership, earning him the title of ‘a chronicler of stories of contemporary Punjab’.