K Natwar Singh, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Gandhis are now a liability

Sonia Gandhi became Congress president 24 years ago. Perhaps a world record for a democracy. The Gandhi family, once adored and respected in large parts...

A horrifying war in Ukraine

NATO and the European Union have functioned in slow motion. What is the zeitgeist—the spirit of the age? All I can say is that I...

A horrifying war in Ukraine

NATO and the European Union have functioned in slow motion. What is the zeitgeist—the spirit of the age? All I can say is that I...

A horrifying war in Ukraine

NATO and the European Union have functioned in slow motion. What is the zeitgeist—the spirit of the age? All I can say is that I...

Treasured epistles

Natwar Singh Naroji Road Kilpauk, Madras-10 24 November 1966 My dear Natwar, I was so glad to read your letter of 22 November. I shall indeed be very glad if you...

Treasured epistles

Natwar Singh Naroji Road Kilpauk, Madras-10 24 November 1966 My dear Natwar, I was so glad to read your letter of 22 November. I shall indeed be very glad if you...

Treasured epistles

Natwar Singh Naroji Road Kilpauk, Madras-10 24 November 1966 My dear Natwar, I was so glad to read your letter of 22 November. I shall indeed be very glad if you...

Lata Mangeshkar’s memory will endure

The only time I met her was in London in 1974. She was the first Indian to perform at Royal Albert Hall. Immortality will not...

Lata Mangeshkar’s memory will endure

The only time I met her was in London in 1974. She was the first Indian to perform at Royal Albert Hall. Immortality will not...

Lata Mangeshkar’s memory will endure

The only time I met her was in London in 1974. She was the first Indian to perform at Royal Albert Hall. Immortality will not...

Some gems from my library

There are thirty books on China, including four biographies of Mao Tse Tung, three each of Chou En Lai and Deng Xiaoping. In the library...

Some gems from my library

There are thirty books on China, including four biographies of Mao Tse Tung, three each of Chou En Lai and Deng Xiaoping. In the library...

Some gems from my library

There are thirty books on China, including four biographies of Mao Tse Tung, three each of Chou En Lai and Deng Xiaoping. In the library...

Musings of a bibliophile

On entering my 20th year, I started jotting down in a notebook, words, phrases, even paragraphs from books I was reading. I have been a...

Musings of a bibliophile

On entering my 20th year, I started jotting down in a notebook, words, phrases, even paragraphs from books I was reading. I have been a...

Musings of a bibliophile

On entering my 20th year, I started jotting down in a notebook, words, phrases, even paragraphs from books I was reading. I have been a...

Remembering Ahmed Ali

Ahmed Ali was a novelist, Urdu poet, scholar and diplomat. He was born in Delhi in 1910. Ahmed Ali belonged to the generation of Mulk...

Remembering Ahmed Ali

Ahmed Ali was a novelist, Urdu poet, scholar and diplomat. He was born in Delhi in 1910. Ahmed Ali belonged to the generation of Mulk...

Remembering Ahmed Ali

Ahmed Ali was a novelist, Urdu poet, scholar and diplomat. He was born in Delhi in 1910. Ahmed Ali belonged to the generation of Mulk...

Marquez, Neruda: The literary greats I met

I met Gabriel Garcia Marquez twice. The first time in New Delhi in March 1983. Among the greatest novels of the 20th century is One...

Marquez, Neruda: The literary greats I met

I met Gabriel Garcia Marquez twice. The first time in New Delhi in March 1983. Among the greatest novels of the 20th century is One...

Marquez, Neruda: The literary greats I met

I met Gabriel Garcia Marquez twice. The first time in New Delhi in March 1983. Among the greatest novels of the 20th century is One...

Every agency connected with PM security must be held responsible

I do not remember if our security officers go to Israel, the US or UK for training. Israel has an outstanding security and intelligence...

Every agency connected with PM security must be held responsible

I do not remember if our security officers go to Israel, the US or UK for training. Israel has an outstanding security and intelligence...

Every agency connected with PM security must be held responsible

I do not remember if our security officers go to Israel, the US or UK for training. Israel has an outstanding security and intelligence...

Mandela on Tutu

The only time I met Archbishop Desmond Tutu was on 2.3.2005 in Cape Town. I spent a few minutes with him. His genial personality...

Mandela on Tutu

The only time I met Archbishop Desmond Tutu was on 2.3.2005 in Cape Town. I spent a few minutes with him. His genial personality...

Mandela on Tutu

The only time I met Archbishop Desmond Tutu was on 2.3.2005 in Cape Town. I spent a few minutes with him. His genial personality...

Some thoughts on Jinnah

Whenever I am asked, ‘Who was the most successful pre-1947 Indian politician?’ my answer is ‘M.A. Jinnah.’ The date of the birth of Mohammed Ali...

Some thoughts on Jinnah

Whenever I am asked, ‘Who was the most successful pre-1947 Indian politician?’ my answer is ‘M.A. Jinnah.’ The date of the birth of Mohammed Ali...

Some thoughts on Jinnah

Whenever I am asked, ‘Who was the most successful pre-1947 Indian politician?’ my answer is ‘M.A. Jinnah.’ The date of the birth of Mohammed Ali...

In Warsaw, a brush with Bangladesh

No officer of the Indian Foreign Service will forget the horrific and murderous activities of the Pakistan army in East Pakistan, beginning 25 March...

In Warsaw, a brush with Bangladesh

No officer of the Indian Foreign Service will forget the horrific and murderous activities of the Pakistan army in East Pakistan, beginning 25 March...

In Warsaw, a brush with Bangladesh

No officer of the Indian Foreign Service will forget the horrific and murderous activities of the Pakistan army in East Pakistan, beginning 25 March...

Breakfast with Evil: An essential read

Ashis Nandi takes on Satyajit Ray on his westernized Indianness and succeeds to plant doubts in the reader’s mind about Ray’s talents. Earlier this week,...

Breakfast with Evil: An essential read

Ashis Nandi takes on Satyajit Ray on his westernized Indianness and succeeds to plant doubts in the reader’s mind about Ray’s talents. Earlier this week,...

Breakfast with Evil: An essential read

Ashis Nandi takes on Satyajit Ray on his westernized Indianness and succeeds to plant doubts in the reader’s mind about Ray’s talents. Earlier this week,...

Some thoughts on Mohan Bhagwat’s views

Does he really believe that Pakistan will ever agree to Partition being undone? Broadly speaking, I read the speeches and statements of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s...

Some thoughts on Mohan Bhagwat’s views

Does he really believe that Pakistan will ever agree to Partition being undone? Broadly speaking, I read the speeches and statements of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s...

Some thoughts on Mohan Bhagwat’s views

Does he really believe that Pakistan will ever agree to Partition being undone? Broadly speaking, I read the speeches and statements of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s...

My tryst with Africa

Our committee came very low in the Ethiopian pecking order and did not merit a canine presence bigger than a chihuahua. During my long life...

My tryst with Africa

Our committee came very low in the Ethiopian pecking order and did not merit a canine presence bigger than a chihuahua. During my long life...

My tryst with Africa

Our committee came very low in the Ethiopian pecking order and did not merit a canine presence bigger than a chihuahua. During my long life...

Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru

I came into contact with Prime Minister Nehru when I was in my teens. The last time I met Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was in New...

Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru

I came into contact with Prime Minister Nehru when I was in my teens. The last time I met Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was in New...

Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru

I came into contact with Prime Minister Nehru when I was in my teens. The last time I met Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was in New...

An authoritative book on China

Nirupama Rao’s book is over 600 pages long, deeply researched, scholarly, insightful and convincing. Nirupama Rao was born in 1950. She joined the Indian Foreign...

An authoritative book on China

Nirupama Rao’s book is over 600 pages long, deeply researched, scholarly, insightful and convincing. Nirupama Rao was born in 1950. She joined the Indian Foreign...

An authoritative book on China

Nirupama Rao’s book is over 600 pages long, deeply researched, scholarly, insightful and convincing. Nirupama Rao was born in 1950. She joined the Indian Foreign...

Great Hindu Civilisation is the work of an accomplished scholar

Pavan rightly takes Babington Macaulay to task, who knew nothing about India’s culture, the spiritual dimensions or its past. The Indian Foreign Service has produced...

Scams and failed promises will end AAP’s decade in Delhi: Jay Panda

Industrial growth likely to slow down to 6.2 pc for FY25

CRISTIANITY: The dignity of labour

K Natwar Singh

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