Fauja Singh, a British Sikh, is the only man in history to have completed the full 42 km marathon at the age of 100.
Turbaned Tornado is his biography. A marathon runner of Indian descent and a world record holder in his age bracket, also an Adidas’ poster boy once upon a time, Fauja Singh became the world’s oldest half marathon runner when he completed the 2010 Luxembourg Inter Faith Marathon at the age of 99.
Turbaned Tornado captures Fauja Singh’s zest for life and his invincible sprit. It traces the runner’s roots and tries to capture his life’s journey, understanding the impact of Fauja on the world around him. For Fauja ‘Impossible is Nothing’ as he wishes to run a marathon at 100.
About The Author
Born on 11 July 1972, in a leading citrus growing family of Punjab, Khushwant Singh developed writing as an alternate career at the age of twenty-four. He is the author of best-selling Sikhs Unlimited, a travelogue from UK to USA featuring extraordinary Sikhs. His Sunday column, ‘Punjabi by Nature’ in The Hindustan Times on the passions, problems and idiosyncracies of the region, is widely read. An alumnus of St. John’s High School, Chandigarh and Department of Mass Communication, Punjab University, Khushwant Singh presently stays in Hoshiarpur district at his kinnow farm with his wife Harmala and son Adiraj.