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Autobiography of an Indian diplomat.
More than just a memoir, this book is diplomatic history, written in the author's inimitable style, with a touch of humour. It is a meticulously recorded account of a variety of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic negotiations in which he was involved. Although specialization is not a strong point of the Indian Foreign Service, the author has been able to specialize in multilateral diplomacy, having dealt with various aspects of the United Nations in New York, New Delhi, Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna. He brings out the dynamics, indeed the magic, of multilateralism in his intimate account.