MEMOIRS OF A MAVERICK by Mani Shankar Aiyar

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Amma and Appa S. Bhagyalakshmi (1910-88) V. Sankar Aiyar (1907–53) Lahore, 1940
Dr S. Alankaram (1906–66), my mother’s elder sister Lucknow, 1960
In Appa’s arms and as a crawling baby Lahore, 1941
In Appa’s arms and as a crawling baby Lahore, 1941
Me with my favourite toy that led to my being nicknamed Sher Khan Lahore, 1942
Tara, me and Jam with Mukund leaning in front Lucknow, 1957
Cambridge Union photo 1963
IFS colleagues Mussoorie, 1963
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Suneet and I, pronounced man and wife New Delhi, 14 January 1973
Collecting papers as the conference spokesman at the NAM Summit New Delhi, 1983
Addressing Pak Hind Prem Sabha Karachi, 1979
Receiving a Sindhi delegation led by the Hyderabad mayor to protest the riots sparked by the Moradabad Eidgah firing Karachi, 1980
Receiving the first minister of Sind Rasool Baksh Talpur at India Lodge Karachi, 1981
PM Rajiv Gandhi and I, as joint secretary to the PM, in discussion Patiala, 1985
Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, with me in tow, on a rural tour Madhya Pradesh, 1985
PM Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi being welcomed at my ancestral village Kargudi, Thanjavur district, 1987
PM Rajiv Gandhi and I, at a press conference Calcutta, 1989
PM Rajiv Gandhi and I, in a helicopter in Ladakh en route the remote avalanche-hit Zanskar Valley, laughing at a joke by Farooq Abdullah (not in the picture) Ladakh, 1989 First election campaign with my family. My youngest daughter Sana is seen with me in the jeep. Mayiladuthurai, Tamil
First election campaign with my family. My youngest daughter Sana is seen with me in the jeep. Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, 1991
Campaigning with Suneet (back to the camera) in one of the seven elections I fought, three of which I won Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, 1996