K Natwar Singh's Books

One Life is Not Enough

An Autobiography

By: K. Natwar-Singh

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The book is an autobiography of the former External Affairs Minister and senior Congress Party leader Natwar Singh. In the autobiography, Natwar Singh has shared his experiences on several events in the political corridors of Delhi. He has also described his early years as a diplomat, his proximity to former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and to events post-Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991 - including information about Sonia Gandhi, the President of the Congress Party.

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8129132745

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9788129132741

Profiles And Letters

By: K. Natwar Singh

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Profiles And Letters

By: K. Natwar Singh

This book highlights the intellectual and diplomatic distinction of K. Natwar Singh. From a very young age he came into intimate contact with world-renowned personalities. As he reveals:'While working on this book,the thought struck me that the Natwar Singh of these letters was obviously someone that had been transmuted out of the indubitably common metal that he is, into a superior product by the alchemy of the minds of indulgent and warmhearted well-wishers. Indira Gandhi, R.K.Narayan, Han Suyin, E.M. Forster, Nargis Dutt et al figure in the list of these distinguished well-wishers. These letters tell us as much about the writers as they reflect on the engaging personality of the recipient.

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8129102358

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Walking With Lions

Tales From A Diplomatic Past

By: K. Natwar Singh

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Walking With Lions

Tales From A Diplomatic Past

By: K. Natwar Singh

The story goes, apocryphal perhaps, that one day the Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, told his foreign minister that the country's name must be changed to Idi, and he should inform the UN and all other international bodies. A week passed. President Amin then summoned the minister and asked, 'Did you carry out my orders?' He replied saying that there was a problem. 'What problem?' the president inquired. 'Your Excellency, there is a country called Cyprus. The people are called Cypriots. If Uganda were to be called Idi, we would be called Idiots.' There are few leaders that K. Natwar Singh, in a diplomatic career spanning more than three decades, has not known - and fewer still about whom he has no story to tell. In Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past, Singh puts together fifty episodes that entertain, inform and illuminate. Featured here is Indira Gandhi as a statesman and friend, alongside other renowned figures such as Fidel Castro, Haile Selassie and Zia-ul-Haq. Singh analyses some personalities with disarming candour, among them Morarji Desai and Lord Mountbatten; at other times, his admiration for leaders like C. Rajagopalalchari and Nelson Mandela shines through. In these pages you will also find a rare, fascinating glimpse of Godman Chandraswami and his cohort Mamaji, and their interaction with a surprisingly submissive Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher. Besides, there are short tributes to artists, writers, cricketers and film stars, like M.F. Husain, Nadine Gordimer, Don Bradman and Dev Anand. Recounted with empathy and humour, this collection of stories from contemporary history is a warm, unaffected and reassuring reminder that the great too can be as fallible as the rest of us.

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Harper Collins

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9350298996

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Looking East to Look West

Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India

By: Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

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Looking East to Look West

Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India

By: Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

When P.V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh launched India's "Look East" policy, it was only the first stage of the strategy to foster economic and security cooperation with the United States. But "Looking East" became an end in itself, and Singapore a valid destination, largely because of Lee Kuan Yew. He had been trying since the 1950s to persuade India's leaders that China would steal a march on them if they neglected domestic reform and ignored a region that India had influenced profoundly in ancient times. With his deep understanding of Indian life, close ties with India's leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru on, and sound grasp of realpolitik, Lee never tired of stressing that Asia would be "submerged" if India did not "emerge." Looking East to Look West recounts how India and Singapore rediscovered long-forgotten ties in the endeavour to create a new Asia. Singapore sponsored India's membership of regional institutions. India and Singapore broke diplomatic convention with unprecedented economic and defence agreements that are set to transform boundaries of trade and cooperation. This book traces the process from the earliest mention of Suvarnadbhumi in the Ramayana to Lee Kuan Yew's letter to Lal Bahadur Shastri within moments of declaring independence on 9 August 1965, from the Tata's pioneering industrial training venture in Singapore to Singapore's Information Technology Park in Bangalore. It explains the part Lee played in India's emergence as a player in the emerging Concert of Asia. History comes alive in these pages as Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, who had eight long conversations with Lee Kuan Yew, tells the story in the words of the main actors and with a wealth of anecdotes and personal details not available to many chroniclers.

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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9814279048

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The Making of Indian Diplomacy

A Critique of Eurocentrism

By: Deep K. Datta-Ray

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The Making of Indian Diplomacy

A Critique of Eurocentrism

By: Deep K. Datta-Ray

Breaks from the argument that, for Indians, the moment of colonial liberation was a false one as the colonized had internalized European practices

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Oxford University Press

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0190206675

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India and Germany in a Turbulent World

Perceptions, Perspectives, Prospects

By: Rajendra K. Jain

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India and Germany in a Turbulent World

Perceptions, Perspectives, Prospects

By: Rajendra K. Jain

India shares a multi-dimensional relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany is India's largest trading partner within the European Union, and is also a major source and destination of foreign direct investment, a significant donor, and an important source of technology. Drawing on English and German language source material, this book covers the evolution and expansion of India’s economic, political, defence, and scientific-technological ties with Germany from 1947 to the present day. It analyses mutual perceptions, highlights the elements of convergence and divergence, and discusses the challenges and prospects of this relationship in a world marked by geopolitical uncertainty. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

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Taylor & Francis

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1040175759

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Learning Like a Lion

Little Lessons. Mighty Impacts.

By: Dasharathraj K Shetty

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Learning Like a Lion

Little Lessons. Mighty Impacts.

By: Dasharathraj K Shetty

What is life if not for its lessons? Every little nook we visit, every coexisting soul we meet, every brick in history we touch adds a new dimension to us in the form of inseparable learnings. Even the most minuscule of the lessons remain etched deep into our being. This book is an anthology of similar little learnings from the life of the author that do not fail to leave an impact on our lives whether personal or professional. This book, through its insightful take on small independent events, helps the reader draw wisdom from them. So, if you have a knack for seeing your daily life in a way that it adds to your professional success, if you have the curiosity to meet people who add a new dimension to your personality, and if you still have a childlike inquisitiveness within you to experience real influence from little lessons of life, then this book is for you.

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Notion Press

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1643240056

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Being Indian

The Truth about why the Twenty-first Century Will be India's

By: Pavan K. Varma

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Being Indian

The Truth about why the Twenty-first Century Will be India's

By: Pavan K. Varma

Misconceptions About India And Indians Abound, Fed By The Stereotypes Created By Foreigners, And The Myths About Themselves Projected By Indians. In Being Indian, Pavan K.Varma Demolishes These Myths And Generalizations As He Turns His Sharply Observant Gaze On His Fellow Countrymen To Examine What Really Makes Indians Tick And What They Have To Offer The World In The 21St Century. Varma S Insightful Analysis Of The Indian Personality And The Culture That Has Created It Reaches Startling New Conclusions On The Paradoxes And Contradictions That Characterize Indian Attitudes Towards Issues Such As Power, Wealth And Spirituality. How, For Example, Does The Appalling Indifference Of Most Indians To The Suffering Of The Poor And The Inequities Of The Caste System Square With Their Enthusiastic Championing Of Parliamentary Democracy? The Book Also Examines India S Future Prospects As An Economic, Military And Technological Power, Providing Valuable Pointers To The Likely Destiny Of A Nation Of One Billion People. Drawing On Sources As Diverse As Ancient Sanskrit Treatises And Bollywood Lyrics, And Illuminating His Examples With A Wealth Of Telling Anecdotes, Pavan Varma Creates A Vivid And Compelling Portrait Of Indians As He Argues That They Will Survive And Flourish In The New Millennium Precisely Because Of What They Are, Warts And All, And Not Because Of What They Think They Are Or Would Like To Be. This Book, Which Will Stimulate Reflection, Discussion And Controversy, Is A Must Read For Both Foreigners Who Wish To Understand Indians And Indians Who Wish To Understand Themselves.

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Penguin Books India

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0143033425

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Walking With Lions

Tales From A Diplomatic Past

By: K. Natwar Singh

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Walking With Lions

Tales From A Diplomatic Past

By: K. Natwar Singh

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Lost Victory

The Rise & Fall of LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran

By: Raj K. Mehta

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Lost Victory

The Rise & Fall of LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran

By: Raj K. Mehta

Anyone who has studied the over 30-year-old Sri Lankan conflict with detachment will perhaps agree that not other phrase can define the Prabhakaran conundrum better than "Lost Victory". He had almost succeeded in his goal of getting a Tamil Eelam with most of his conditions agreed to by the Sri Lankan Government.

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Pentagon Press

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8182744431

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India's Nuclear Diplomacy After Pokhran II

By: Ajai K. Rai

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India's Nuclear Diplomacy After Pokhran II

By: Ajai K. Rai

India s emergence as a confident and responsible nuclear nation has required careful crafting of its nuclear policies. After Pokhran II and the Chagai Hills tests, the South Asian security architecture and, with it, the whole matrix of nuclear diplomacy had undergone a paradigmatic shift. India s nuclear diplomacy too acquired a new prominence after these events. It was important for India to improve its bilateral relations with major powers for strategic reasons. At the same time, it needed to address the challenge of its burgeoning energy needs at home. "India s Nuclear Diplomacy After Pokhran II" presents an analytical, perspective-based and narrative exposition of the facts and issues involved in international nuclear gamesmanship, taking every care to maintain objectivity and balance. Flowing from years of intensive research and reflection, this book breaks new ground by focusing on India s nuclear diplomacy with the major global and regional powers, and the rationale of its stand vis-a-vis the NPT and CTBT. To reach out to the general reader, in addition to scholars of the subject, this book unravels the intricacies and technicalities of the post-Pokhran II diplomacy in lucid and comprehensible phraseology.

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Pearson Education India

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8131726681

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9788131726686

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

The Visionary of India

By: K. Bhushan,G. Katyal

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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

The Visionary of India

By: K. Bhushan,G. Katyal

On the life and achievements of Avul Pakir Jainulabudeen Abdul Kalam, b. 1931, President of India and architect of missile technology in India.

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APH Publishing

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817648380X

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9788176483803

Lawfully Yours

The Realm of Business, Government and Law

By: Anurag K. Agarwal

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Lawfully Yours

The Realm of Business, Government and Law

By: Anurag K. Agarwal

Have you ever wondered why the government is very often rebuked by the courts? What can be the influencing power of big businesses on the government of the day? How do the courts impact the businesses by their judgments? What can a small change in government policy do to the entire business environment of the country? Why contract enforcement still remains a sore point in India? How does the bureaucracy play a vital link between the political masters and businesspersons? What harm can a whimsical judge do to the legal environment and how can it dampen the morale of the people? Lawfully Yours focuses on the interplay between business, government and law. It is from the perspective of an observer interested primarily in doing business legally and ethically as profit-making ought to be incidental and not the sole goal of doing business. It reveals how and why the external forces of the government and the law impact a businessperson's decision-making. The subjects discussed include business, judiciary, legal system, politics, world trade and infrastructure. Devoid of technical jargon, it uses simple language to drive home important and interesting concepts and points for the reader.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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9389165296

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Kathmandu Chronicle

Reclaiming India–Nepal Relations

By: K.V. Rajan,Atul K. Thakuir

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Kathmandu Chronicle

Reclaiming India–Nepal Relations

By: K.V. Rajan,Atul K. Thakuir

In recent decades, Nepal’s history has been marked by tumultuous events and transformations, and its relations with India by sharp fluctuations. From the Maoist insurgency to the hijacking of IC 814, from the Palace Massacre that wiped out King Birendra and his entire family to the coup by King Gyanendra against democracy, among others, the much-vaunted India–Nepal ‘special relationship’ has repeatedly experienced setbacks, some of them with long-term implications. What are the real causes of regular anti-Indian eruptions in Nepal, and why is there so much mutual distrust and suspicion despite India’s best intentions? Anecdotal, definitive and deeply researched, Kathmandu Chronicle opens a window to many stories of India–Nepal relation that largely remain untold and therefore unknown till date.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9357087087

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India-Pakistan

Partition Perspectives in Indo-English Novels

By: V. Pala Prasada Rao,K. Nirupa Rani,Digumarti Bhaskara Rao

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India-Pakistan

Partition Perspectives in Indo-English Novels

By: V. Pala Prasada Rao,K. Nirupa Rani,Digumarti Bhaskara Rao

Contents: An Historical Perspective of Partition, Train to Pakistan, Azadi, Tamas, Ice-Candy Man (Cracking India), Final Appraisal.

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Discovery Publishing House

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8171417663

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Indian Defence Review Apr-June 1992 (Vol 7.2)

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim,Lt Gen VK Sood,George Tanham,Air Marshal Vir Narain,Col Ashoka Puri,Pravin Sawhney,Sudhir K Arora,Admiral JG Nadkarni,Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber

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Indian Defence Review Apr-June 1992 (Vol 7.2)

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim,Lt Gen VK Sood,George Tanham,Air Marshal Vir Narain,Col Ashoka Puri,Pravin Sawhney,Sudhir K Arora,Admiral JG Nadkarni,Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber

IN THIS VOLUME • Commonsense Approach to Indo-US Relations • Developing Indo-US Defence Cooperation Interview with the VCOAS — Lt Gen VK Sood COMMENTS AND REACTIONS • Lt Gen IS GILL, PVSM, AVSM, MC (Retd) • Lt Gen Dr ML CHIBBER, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) • Maj Gen E D’SOUZA, AVSM (Retd) • Air Marshal VIR NARAIN, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) • The Emerging US Presidential Doctrine 1993: ‘Punitive Amerika’— Shankar Bhaduri • Indian Strategic Culture — George Tanham • Through a Minefield on Tiptoes: Defence Implications of the Evolving Indian Foreign Policy — Sudhlr K Arora • India Pakistan Reconciliation: Its Impact on International Security — Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber • An Overview of India-China Relations: From When to Where? — Surjit Mansingh • Punjab – A State under Siege — Brig HS Sodhi • Plugging the Dyke: Operation RAKSHAK in Punjab — Maj Pravin Sawhney • Private Sector Ordnance Production — Col Ashoka Purl • Air Borne Forces - Part Ill The Current Requirements — Maj Gen Afsir Karim • The Artillery Division - Part II — Shankar Bhaduri VIEWPOINT • Selection is the Name of the Game - COAS 2005 • High Himalaya: The Bayonet End REVIEWS and CRITIQUES • War in High Himalaya: The Indian Army in Crisis, 1962 Reviewed by Lt Gen IS Giu • IPKF in Sri Lanka Reviewed by Admiral JG Nadkarni

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