A Life of Our TimesOrient BlackSwan, 1998 - 637 من الصفحات This book deals with the author s work in the administrative services, under the British and in the Indian administrative services. After Independence, the author, an ICS officer, continued to work in the Indian administration and was often deputed to foreign missions. His memoirs give us an insight about several critical moments in Indian and world history. |
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... Pandit , and had such intelligent and gifted people , should have been under colonial rule for so long . While Mrs Pandit could engage in discussion with highly experienced envoys with facility and without a trace of diffidence , she ...
... Pandit , and had such intelligent and gifted people , should have been under colonial rule for so long . While Mrs Pandit could engage in discussion with highly experienced envoys with facility and without a trace of diffidence , she ...
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... Pandit's leadership endowed the Indian delegation with style and distinction . She was an arresting figure at the United Nations , graceful and elegant with her silver - grey hair and air of distinction . She bore herself well in ...
... Pandit's leadership endowed the Indian delegation with style and distinction . She was an arresting figure at the United Nations , graceful and elegant with her silver - grey hair and air of distinction . She bore herself well in ...
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... Pandit to take the chair as I was confident that Zafrullah Khan would not do such an unchivalrous and contemptible thing , for it would only redound to his eternal shame . Reluctantly , Mrs Pandit agreed . I then rushed to take my place ...
... Pandit to take the chair as I was confident that Zafrullah Khan would not do such an unchivalrous and contemptible thing , for it would only redound to his eternal shame . Reluctantly , Mrs Pandit agreed . I then rushed to take my place ...
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Going Through the Paces | 32 |
Clodhopping Collector | 51 |
Changing of the Guard | 71 |
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