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Mani Shankar Aiyar is an Indian politician and former diplomat. He was a member of the Indian National Congress Party and served as a minister in the Manmohan Singh government.
Mani Shankar Aiyar (born April 10, 1941, Lahore, India [now in Pakistan]) is an Indian diplomat, politician, and government official who, after a distinguished foreign-service career, became a senior leader in the Indian National Congress (Congress Party). Aiyar’s family migrated to India from newly formed Pakistan, following the partition of British India in 1947. His father, an accountant, died while Aiyar was still a boy.
Aug 24, 2023 · Watch Veteran Congress Leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar's discuss the first fifty years of his life, from his time as a student in Doon School a...
Veteran Congress Leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar speaks to Barkha Dutt in the 23rd episode of our podcast 'Inside Out'. Aiyar says he belongs t...
Aug 26, 2023 · But the redoubtable Mani Shankar Aiyar has opted for a three-part autobiography, of which part one has just been released. In fairness, Aiyar does require a bit more space than most to relate his colourful life story, which is told in a delightfully racy style, laced with scintillating wit and insight, biting repartees against his legion of critics, along with an endearing ability to laugh at himself (His account of how he gate-crashed the late Jayalalithaa’s cavalcade in his first ...
Dec 13, 2023 · Mani Shankar Aiyar’s Memoirs of a Maverick is the first of three books on his life that are slated to be published by Juggernaut in the coming months. Anyone who takes a hasty look at his bio-data—born in a well-to-do Brahmin family; educated at the Doon School, St Stephen’s College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; inducted straight from university into the Indian Foreign Service, and from there into the Congress party—would conclude unhesitatingly that he has lived a privileged life. ...
Mani Shankar Aiyar's autobiography is long-winded at first, but becomes a gripping narrative with valuable insights into Pakistan and India's foreign service.
Sep 15, 2023 · I received a copy of Mani Shankar Aiyar’s latest book, Memoirs of a Maverick, with the following inscription: “To Khurshid, in remembrance of six decades of friendship.” Our friendship ...
Jan 30, 2024 · Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar pays tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary at Veer Bhumi, in New Delhi in 2018. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra) “Of course, since it was in power, the Congress was responsible for the unlocking of the gates.
Aug 18, 2023 · Mani Shankar Aiyar draws inspiration from Nehru and Gandhi to write his story, warts and all, including his being no confidant of Rajiv Gandhi. He defends the politician’s right to fudge, but ...
Feb 18, 2024 · With a political career spanning decades, self-proclaimed ‘secularist and secular fundamentalist’ Mani Shankar Aiyar offers profound insights into his upbringing, career trajectory, and critical moments in Indian history. Born in Lahore in British India, 82-year-old Aiyar reflects on his family’s experiences of the partition. “My mother came with her children to Shimla in 1946 and my father stayed on in Lahore, where he had gone in 1927 to escape anti-Brahmin persecution in Tamil ...
Mani Shankar Aiyar writes: Queen Elizabeth, the empress without an empire Subscriber Only. September 12,2022 03:48:53 AM. Mani Shankar Aiyar writes: By remaining a symbol of stability in a churning ocean of change, Queen Elizabeth upheld the torch of the monarchy by keeping her counsel to herself and reigning as a non-controversial monarch
Nov 10, 2023 · A humorous and candid account of the author's life, from his student years to his stint in the Indian Foreign Service and the PMO. The book covers his formative experiences, his Pakistan postings, his friendship with Henry Miller and Manmohan Singh, and his political views.
May 28, 2024 · In the latest faux pas, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar while narrating an anecdote referred to the 1962 India-China war as "alleged Chinese invasion".
Watch the full podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/live/uQnI5YyOKzc?si=X3F-x6oTqfV262ZRFormer Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has often been in headline...
Feb 8, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former diplomat, politician, and author. Find out his birth date, family, education, career, political journey, books, and awards.
Mani Shankar Aiyar is a former Indian diplomat and union minister. He has been a long term parliamentarian from the Congress Party and has held various ministries including Petroleum and Natural ...
Mani Shankar Aiyar News: Mani Shankar Aiyar, a senior Congress leader, triggered a fresh controversy after he referred to the 1962 Indo-China war as an “alleged Chinese invasion”. As a ...
Mar 22, 2010 · Mani Shankar Aiyar; 17th Lok Sabha; 16th Lok Sabha; 15th Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha; Data corresponds to the period from 01-06-2009 to 09-08-2024. Mani Shankar Aiyar. State : N/A ( 41 more MPs ) Constituency : N/A . Party : Indian National Congress ( 135 more MPs ) Nature of membership : Nominated . Start of Term : 22-03-2010. End of Term : 21-03-2016 . No. of Term : First Term . Personal Profile. Age : 82 . Gender : Male Education : Post Graduate. Parliamentary Activity. Selected MP. National ...
Mani Shankar Aiyar was educated at Welham, Doon, St Stephen’s and Cambridge before joining the Indian Foreign Service after a brief entanglement with the Intelligence Bureau. He served for twenty-six years in posts abroad, ranging from Brussels to Hanoi to Baghdad and Karachi, with ambassadors who alternated from being outstanding mentors to nasty sticks-in-the-mud, besides two postings at Headquarters in as many as three different ministries. ...
MANI SHANKAR AIYAR. Pakistan's internal dynamics. The internal dynamics of Pakistan today favour an engagement between India and Pakistan, provided Kashmir is on the agenda as a priority item of disco MANI SHANKAR AIYAR. A guide to the JPC Report. The stock market scam and the UTI imbroglio. MANI SHANKAR AIYAR 'Hi, Bush' to `Heil Boche' "HISTORY," says T.S. Eliot, "has many cunning passages." What an irony that the Germany which destroyed the 20th century is poised to save the 21st.
Aiyar presents a picture of Pakistan that is not just different to, but almost the polar opposite of, everything Indians have been told about and led to believe of Pakistan.
Mani Shankar Aiyar was educated at Welham, Doon, St Stephen’s and Cambridge before joining the Indian Foreign Service after a brief entanglement with the Intelligence Bureau. He served for twenty-six years in posts abroad, ranging from Brussels to Hanoi to Baghdad and Karachi, with ambassadors who alternated from being outstanding mentors to nasty sticks-in-the-mud, besides two postings at Headquarters in as many as three different ministries. ...
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