It might be an odd thing to claim but, occasionally, a biography can leave behind a very different impression of its subject to what its author intended. I write this with specific reference to Jairam Ramesh’s latest book Intertwined Lives: P. N. Haksar and Indira Gandhi and, in particular, the 200-odd pages he was keen I should read. Ramesh sees Haksar as one of the great heroes of yesteryear. Unfortunately, I’ve come to a very different conclusion.
The book is a meticulous and detailed chronological catalogue of the correspondence between Haksar and Indira Gandhi. Practically everything they wrote to each other
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