Another excerpt from Sanjaya Baru's book

April 14, 2014 11:36

In 2004, journalist Sanjaya Baru joined Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his media adviser. The Prime Minister's Office comprised old hands as well as men who had never held important posts. To top it, the PM had to contend with another centre of power -- headed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. It was an era of consensus and diplomacy -- and of unending battles, Baru writes in a new book. Excerpts from the book, on the men who formed the ring around the PM. Read

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