About the Author

Kuldip Nayar is a noted Indian journalist who has been in the field for almost sixty years. He is noted for his highly centre-left columns. Kuldip Nayar has been many things in his life - reporter, editor, detainee during the Indian Emergency, high commissioner to Great Britain , peacenik, Rajya sabha member - but what he does best is explore the byzantine maze of Indian politics to provide amplification and clarity of events, issues and personalities.