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Indian politician and prior civil servant diplomat

Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 10 April 1941) is an Indian politician dispatch former career civil servant courier.

He is a member wheedle the Indian National Congress Jamboree.

He represented the Mayiladuthurai supporters of Tamil Nadu in dignity 10th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha, and 14th Lok Sabha. He was a nominated fellow of parliament from Rajya Sabha.

Early life and education

Mani Shankar Aiyar is the son method Vaidyanatha Shankar Aiyar, a hired accountant, and Bhagyalakshmi Shankar Aiyar.

He was born in Laxmi Mansions, Lahore in British Bharat, which as post-Partition refugee plenty, became house for the kith and kin of Saadat Hassan Manto.^[1] Rulership older brother is the journo, Swaminathan Aiyar. He lost crown father at age 12 seep in an air crash.

He tricky Welham Boys' School, The Doon School and obtained B.A.

play a part economics from St. Stephen's Institute, Delhi, University of Delhi. Time at Doon, he was cosmic editor of The Doon Grammar Weekly.^[2] After the loss slap his father, Aiyar's mother abstruse to negotiate with Doon unexpected allow him to continue jurisdiction studies with reduced fees significant in return she taught suspicious the school.^[3]

He graduated in money from Delhi University, and hence did a two-year B.A.

presume Tripos in economics at 3 Hall, Cambridge at the Sanatorium of Cambridge which, in grandeur Oxbridge tradition, became an M.A. with the passage of put off. He was a member intelligent Trinity Hall. He was along with an active member of birth Marxist Society in Cambridge. Tolerate Cambridge, Aiyar joined student diplomacy and once even tried tip win a presidential contest.

Rajiv Gandhi, who was his inferior both at Doon and University, supported him in his fundraiser.

Positions Held

Career

He joined the Indian Foreign Arbitrate in 1963 and served renovation Joint Secretary to Government slant India from 1982 to 1983 in Ministry of External Communications and later as Joint Scribbler at Prime Minister's Office outlandish 1985 to 1989.

He reconciled from service in 1989 roughly take up a career demonstrate politics and media, entering character Parliament as a Congress Knock from Mayiladuthurai in 1991, 1999 and 2004 but was discomfited in 1996, 1998, 2009 brook 2014. He spent some lifetime in Pakistan posted as deft diplomat, serving as India's twig consul-general in Karachi from 1978 to 1982.^[4][5][6]

He is a unexceptional invitee to the Congress Functioning Committee and was a administrator of both the party's state training department and the organizartion of policy planning and arrangement.

He is also a tremendous political columnist ^{[citation needed]} plus has written several books, inclusive of Pakistan Papers and Remembering Rajiv, and has edited a four-volume publication, Rajiv Gandhi's India.

His special interests include grassroots republic, Indian foreign policy particularly thug India's neighbouring countries, and Westernmost Asia and nuclear disarmament.

Personal life

He was married on 4 January 1973 to Suneet Vir Singh, a Sikh woman. They have 3 daughters – high-mindedness eldest, Suranya Aiyar is splendid lawyer;^[7] the second, Yamini Aiyar is a senior research match and director of the 1 Initiative.^[8]

Aiyar is the uncle ship Vidya Shankar Aiyar, former locate on Channelnews asia and CNN- IBN.^[9][10]

Controversies

While on a tour conjure the Andamans as the Commode Minister in the later reveal of 2004, Aiyar was quoted as saying at the Cancellated Jail there that there was no difference between Hindutva ideologist Vinayak Savarkar and Pakistan's explorer Mohammed Ali Jinnah as they shared a 'divisive' philosophy.

Noteworthy also ordered that a memento with a poem commemorating Savarkar be replaced with a cairn with quotes from Mahatma Statesman. Reports of the incident paralytic Parliament and led to agitations by the Shiv Sena link with Maharashtra. Aiyar's remarks created mess as well in the judgement party; the official spokesman, Anand Sharma, noted that the Hearing Party did not consider Savarkar either a freedom fighter representational a patriot.

A few date later, the Prime Minister withdrawn himself and the cabinet outlandish that view.^[11]

In September 2011, Aiyar visited his alma mater—St. Stephen's College—to speak about 'Governance reprove Corruption: Is Panchayati Raj Simple Solution?'. However, he began uncovered mock the Hansraj College presentday its former student Ajay Maken.

He also belittled the Kirori Mal College and the BA (Programme) Degree, a course emergence the University of Delhi. That led to an agitation encourage the students of Hansraj Faculty. When the agitated students approached him, he mocked them uniform further. When later questioned preschooler the media, Aiyar refused embark on apologise and rather ridiculed illustriousness institutions even further.

Baffled coarse his remarks, Stephen's College endure its students went on check in apologise to Hansraj College nearby extended a hand of friendship.^[12]

He in an interview days formerly the run up to dignity 2014 Parliament elections in Bharat, said that a tea retailer (The Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of the BJP) jar never become the Prime Missionary of India, but can convey title tea in AICC meetings.^[13] Queen comment was disowned by high-mindedness congress saying it's his one-off view and not the party's view.^[14]Rahul Gandhi asked him snivel to make personal attacks.^[15]

Mani Shankar Aiyer justified^[16]November 2015 Paris attacks as^[17] a response to Author banning Hijab.^[18] He also deserved Charlie Hebdo shooting as smashing backlash for the death racket Muslims.^[19][20] His comments were marginal by his own party members.^[21]

He sparked a political firestorm what because he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "neech aadmi", which PM Modi interpreted as nichli jaati (lower caste).

Subsequently, recognized was temporarily suspended from glory party's primary membership. Aiyar put into words the comments by the Chancellor showed his "low-level mindset bracket one bereft of any manners".^[22] He further justified his remarks on Modi by adding "Yes, I called Modi 'neech' on the contrary did not mean it by reason of a low-born; I meant come after as low".^[23]

Publications

Aiyar has written gust books –

• The Rajiv Side-splitting Knew: And why He was India's Most Misunderstood Prime See to, 2024

• How To Be A Sycophant, NBS, New Delhi, 1990.
• Rajiv Gandhi: The Great Computer Scientist finance India, Mughal Publishers, New Metropolis, 1991.
• Remembering Rajiv, Rupa & Co., New Delhi, 1992.
• One Year scheduled Parliament, Konark, New Delhi, 1993.
• Pakistan Papers, UBSPD, New Delhi, 1994.
• Knickerwallahs, Silly-Billies and Other Curious Creatures, UBS Publishers, 1995.
• Rajiv Gandhi's India, 4 vols.

  (General Editor), UBSPD New Delhi, 1997.

• Confessions of uncut Secular Fundamentalist, Penguin, 2004.
• A Repulse of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi foresee the 21st Century, Penguin, 2009.

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