The writing career of Khushwant Singh is more than six decades old.
During this time he has come up with several frank and scare free
writings that has punctured the prudishness, hypocrisy and humbug of
Indian society. He has been quite open in expressing his views on human
sexuality and he is considered one of a kind. In on Love and Sex:
Selected Writings, he looks back at some of his previous publications
like his autobiography, where he details about how he lost his
virginity. He describes about a newly married couple, whom he witnessed,
as they consummate their marriage on a moving train. This is presented
as his rumination of sexuality in India. He then describes about an
episode in a doctor's clinic, a poker faced narration, which left Singh
with the feeling that he has been 'buggered'. He then picks another
topic from his other fiction work called A Mixed Marriage. Here he
describes about a Hindu-Muslim union during the times of Mughal. The
Rooftop Massage describes about the unusual experience of Mohan Kumar
with the Masseuse Molly. Kumar is given the suggestion later on that he
should never try it again.