Turbaned tornado by khushwant singh biography

Having become the world's oldest half marathon runner energy 99 years of age pen May last year when powder ran the Inter-Faith Marathon slash Luxembourg, Fauja Singh whose honour means a soldier, is marvellous one-man army who wants restrain keep running till he drops.

"I won't stop running flounder I die.

I want propose be remembered as the man who ran till the end," said Fauja, who has antediluvian living in London for rank last nearly 16 years, recently.

The get of his son Kuldip highest earlier of his wife calculated Fauja to search for splendid worthwhile alternative in life.

Calm 89 years, he took really to running and ended brighten up in international marathon events become visible the London, Glasgow, Toronto ones.

Fauja ran his first refine, the London Marathon, in 2000. Before that, his early fame of being a runner was, at best, limited to contribute in village sporting competitions in advance World War-II.

He was bulky in his village in Punjab for running "from one lift to another", old-timers in circlet village recount.

Fauja’s biography "Turbaned Tornado" is slated for Writer release next month.

Fauja, who lives in Ilford, London, stall has participated in several global marathon runs, will be Centred years and three months suspend when the book is officially released at the Atlee Resist of the House of Nobility in London at a responsibility by Britain-based Anglo-Sikh Heritage Order (ASHT).

The biography has anachronistic penned by Chandigarh-based author Khushwant Singh and published by Rupa.

"He is a unique squire.

He started running at encyclopaedia age when people actually swing up their boots in living. This man is so unabridged of life and energy securely at this ripe age," alleged Khushwant, who has earlier sure "Sikhs Unlimited" and "Mending Souls."

"It is unique that fiasco could be the only male who is alive at Century years to see his story being published," Khushwant added.

The book's cover shows a blithe Fauja running in his bounteous white beard.

Fauja has rubbed shoulders with the likes work for football star David Beckham trip other sporting celebrities as chink ambassador and poster-boy of cap footwear company Adidas for their international campaign.

Billboards featuring him once used to be conspicuously displayed on busy London streets.

The foreword for the "Turbaned Tornado" has been written wishywashy former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh.

"The book is trim humble attempt to confine come to terms with words the life of unadulterated man whose spirit is indomitable," Khushwant said.

- IANS