Memoirs of a Maverick: The First Fity Years (1941-1991) Paperback

"Memoirs of a Maverick: The First Fifty Years (1941-1991)" by Mani Shankar Aiyar is an extraordinarily candid and insightful autobiography from one of India's most colorful civil servants and later, politicians. The memoir covers the first five decades of Aiyar's life, from his childhood in Dehradun and his student days at Cambridge, to his impactful career as a diplomat who worked to strengthen Indo-Pak ties, and his intimate association with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the PMO, offering a witty, thoughtful, and often self-deprecating account of a life lived with conviction and no small number of indiscretions.