A diplomat ahead of his times

'His negotiations with Idi Amin and his men for compensation for the Indians, who left Uganda, were particularly tough. Apparently, Amin warned him that the body of the British negotiator, who came......

When Bhindranwale Was Arrested...

I telephoned Chief Minister Darbara Singh and asked him why this carefully thought-out plan had suddenly been aborted.The Chief Minister sounded very agitated and all he said was that this was not......

Master Diplomat, Malgudi Maestro, Mysore

R K Narayan's house has been preserved as a simple museum with his memorabilia, thanks to the imagination of a commissioner of Mysore, who stopped its sale by the author's successors to a property......

Two titans of diplomacy leave a rich legacy

Ambassador Natarajan Krishnan and Ambassador Shankar Bajpai helped shape Indian foreign policy at a glorious, but difficult, time in history, recalls Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. IMAGE: Two titans......