8/25/2023 0 Comments Tamu rec center twitterWhy don't you check with Mulayam's mother?" It could be because my father visited Uttar Pradesh at some point. According to Singh, Aiyar insulted Singh's then party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and remarked: "Oh that bloody Mulayam – he looks just like me. In 2000, Aiyar was involved in a public brawl with politician Amar Singh. Mani Shankar Aiyer has been a part of many controversies. ( June 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. The neutrality of this section is disputed. They have 3 daughters – the eldest, Suranya Aiyar is a lawyer the second, Yamini Aiyar is a senior research fellow and director of the Accountability Initiative Īiyar is the uncle of Vidya Shankar Aiyar, former anchor on Channelnews asia and CNN- IBN. He was married on 4 January 1973 to Suneet Vir Singh, a Sikh woman. His special interests include grassroots democracy, Indian foreign policy particularly with India's neighbouring countries, and West Asia and nuclear disarmament. Political columnist and has written several books, including Pakistan Papers and Remembering Rajiv, and has edited a four-volume publication, Rajiv Gandhi's India. He is a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee and was a chairman of both the party's political training department and the department of policy planning and coordination. ![]() He spent some time in Pakistan posted as a diplomat, serving as India's first consul-general in Karachi from 1978 to 1982. He resigned from service in 1989 to take up a career in politics and media, entering the Parliament as a Congress MP from Mayiladuthurai in 1991, 19 but was defeated in 1996, 1998, 20. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1963 and served as Joint Secretary to Government of India from 1982 to 1983 in Ministry of External Affairs and later as Joint Secretary at Prime Minister's Office from 1985 to 1989. 13th President of India Pranab Mukherjee releasing a book authored by 12th Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on 2008. Abdul Kalam administering the oath as Cabinet Minister at a Swearing-in Ceremony in New Delhi on 2004. Rajiv Gandhi, who was his junior both at Doon and Cambridge, supported him in his campaign.Ĭareer 11th President of India A. At Cambridge, Aiyar joined student politics and once even tried to win a presidential contest. ![]() He was also an active member of the Marxist Society in Cambridge. in Tripos in economics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge at the University of Cambridge which, in the Oxbridge tradition, became an M.A. He graduated in economics from Delhi University, and then did a two-year B.A. ![]() After the loss of his father, Aiyar's mother had to negotiate with Doon to allow him to continue his studies with reduced fees and in return she taught at the school. While at Doon, he was an editor of The Doon School Weekly. Stephen's College, Delhi, University of Delhi. He attended Welham Boys' School, The Doon School and obtained B.A. He lost his father at age 12 in an air crash. His older brother is the journalist, Swaminathan Aiyar. He was born in Laxmi Mansions, Lahore in British India, which as post-Partition refugee property, became house for the family of Saadat Hassan Manto. Mani Shankar Aiyar is the son of Vaidyanatha Shankar Aiyar, a chartered accountant, and Bhagyalakshmi Shankar Aiyar. He was a nominated member of parliament from Rajya Sabha. He represented the Mayiladuthurai constituency of Tamil Nadu in the 10th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha, and 14th Lok Sabha. He is a member of the Indian National Congress Party. ![]() Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 10 April 1941) is an Indian politician and former career civil servant diplomat.
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