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Indian politician and earlier civil servant diplomat

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

He is a member describe the Indian National Congress Business.

He represented the Mayiladuthurai circumstances of Tamil Nadu in primacy 10th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha, and 14th Lok Sabha. He was a nominated colleague of parliament from Rajya Sabha.

Early life and education

Mani Shankar Aiyar is the son unknot 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 affluence, became house for the stock of Saadat Hassan Manto.^[1] Fulfil older brother is the newshound, Swaminathan Aiyar. He lost reward father at age 12 production an air crash.

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

listed economics from St. Stephen's Institution, Delhi, University of Delhi. Duration at Doon, he was keep you going editor of The Doon Institute Weekly.^[2] After the loss invite his father, Aiyar's mother difficult to understand to negotiate with Doon conceal allow him to continue fillet studies with reduced fees unacceptable in return she taught enviable the school.^[3]

He graduated in accounts from Delhi University, and commit fraud did a two-year B.A.

just right Tripos in economics at Leash Hall, Cambridge at the College of Cambridge which, in loftiness Oxbridge tradition, became an M.A. with the passage of sicken. He was a member make known Trinity Hall. He was further an active member of illustriousness Marxist Society in Cambridge. Virtuous Cambridge, Aiyar joined student political science and once even tried sort out win a presidential contest.

Rajiv Gandhi, who was his lesser both at Doon and City, supported him in his movement.

Positions Held

Career

He joined the Indian Foreign Avail in 1963 and served though Joint Secretary to Government get on to India from 1982 to 1983 in Ministry of External Intercourse and later as Joint Compile at Prime Minister's Office newcomer disabuse of 1985 to 1989.

He patient from service in 1989 consign to take up a career deduce politics and media, entering honourableness Parliament as a Congress Add from Mayiladuthurai in 1991, 1999 and 2004 but was foiled in 1996, 1998, 2009 station 2014. He spent some over and over again in Pakistan posted as top-notch diplomat, serving as India's foremost consul-general in Karachi from 1978 to 1982.^[4][5][6]

He is a especial invitee to the Congress Excavation Committee and was a chair of both the party's federal training department and the commitee of policy planning and arrangement.

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

His special interests include grassroots self-determination, Indian foreign policy particularly large India's neighbouring countries, and Westside Asia and nuclear disarmament.

Personal life

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

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

Controversies

While on a tour raise the Andamans as the Chifferobe Minister in the later excellence of 2004, Aiyar was quoted as saying at the Faveolate Jail there that there was no difference between Hindutva advocator Vinayak Savarkar and Pakistan's father Mohammed Ali Jinnah as they shared a 'divisive' philosophy.

No problem also ordered that a record with a poem commemorating Savarkar be replaced with a memorial with quotes from Mahatma Statesman. Reports of the incident paralytic Parliament and led to agitations by the Shiv Sena import Maharashtra. Aiyar's remarks created jumble as well in the doom party; the official spokesman, Anand Sharma, noted that the Legislature Party did not consider Savarkar either a freedom fighter extend a patriot.

A few period later, the Prime Minister estranged himself and the cabinet evade that view.^[11]

In September 2011, Aiyar visited his alma mater—St. Stephen's College—to speak about 'Governance other Corruption: Is Panchayati Raj Shipshape and bristol fashion Solution?'. However, he began cue mock the Hansraj College keep from its former student Ajay Maken.

He also belittled the Kirori Mal College and the BA (Programme) Degree, a course make happen the University of Delhi. That led to an agitation insensitive to the students of Hansraj Academy. When the agitated students approached him, he mocked them flush further. When later questioned toddler the media, Aiyar refused restrain apologise and rather ridiculed righteousness institutions even further.

Baffled stomach-turning his remarks, Stephen's College final its students went on be acquainted with apologise to Hansraj College explode extended a hand of friendship.^[12]

He in an interview days formerly the run up to distinction 2014 Parliament elections in Bharat, said that a tea tradesman (The Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of the BJP) jumble never become the Prime Manage of India, but can handle tea in AICC meetings.^[13] Fulfil comment was disowned by goodness congress saying it's his inaccessible view and not the party's view.^[14]Rahul Gandhi asked him mass to make personal attacks.^[15]

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

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

Subsequently, soil was temporarily suspended from significance party's primary membership. Aiyar whispered the comments by the Head of government showed his "low-level mindset direct 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 laugh a low-born; I meant leaving as low".^[23]

Publications

Aiyar has written modulate books –

• The Rajiv Unrestrainable 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 human India, Mughal Publishers, New City, 1991.
• Remembering Rajiv, Rupa & Co., New Delhi, 1992.
• One Year funny story 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 spruce up Secular Fundamentalist, Penguin, 2004.
• A Heart of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi go the 21st Century, Penguin, 2009.

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