A Maverick in Politics: Profound, truthful, and no-holds-barred like Aiyar

From this book we learn of the trials and tribulations of an MP who wants, in all sincerity, to junk caste and class and just "develop" his constituency

A MAVERICK IN POLITICS: 1999-2024  Author: Mani Shankar Aiyar  Publisher: Juggernaut  Pages: 410  Price: Rs 899  Mani-Talk, the signed column that Mani Shankar Aiyar used to write from 1989 to 1999, was one of the most popular columns in Sunday  magazine, the publication I had the honour and privilege of being associated with for more than five years. Many references to Mani-Talk in the second volume of his biography were gratifying and brought it all back, especially Aiyar’s despairing wail when it was suggested gently to him that columns were more effective when they were