With Malice towards One and All was the weekly column series published by celebrated Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh is a prominent 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....

 in the leading English daily of India, occupying two full length columns on the editorial page of the Saturday edition.

Syndication

His articles appear in the The Telegraph

The Telegraph (Kolkata)

The Telegraph is an Indian daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper vies with the Times of India for the position of having the widest widest circulation of any newspaper in Eastern India.According to the Audit...

, Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....

 and then The Pioneer

The Pioneer (daily)

The Pioneer is a medium-sized English language newspaper in India.It is published from multiple locations in India, including Delhi. It is the second oldest English language newspaper in India that is operational...

, with syndication

Print syndication

Print syndication distributes news articles, columns, comic strips and other features to newspapers, magazines and websites. They offer reprint rights and grant permissions to other parties for republishing content of which they own/represent copyrights....

 by multiple publications.

Irreverent wit

The write-up included combination of 3-4 essays, starting usually with commentary on current political, popular culture, literature and socio-economic events. Out of these, one of the essays used to include memoirs of extensive travels by Khushwant Singh, particularly during his extended stays in UK & Europe.

Column punchline

His comparisons of social and behavioural characteristics of westerners and Indians, laced with his inimitable wit, was the punchline of this hugely popular series. A short snippet or contributory joke sent in by the readers was usually the last passage of the column.

Mario Cartoon

The accompanying Mario cartoon he used on his column first appeared in the “Editor’s Page” of The Illustrated Weekly of India

The Illustrated Weekly of India

The Illustrated Weekly of India was an English language weekly newsmagazine publication in India. It started publication in 1880 and ceasing publication in 1993...

. It depicted a caricature of himself, sitting next to a pile of books, a bottle of scotch, and a girlie magazine.

External links

• http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003653.html
• http://hindustantimes.com/
• http://www.dailypioneer.com/