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Mani Shankar Aiyar

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Parody Account of a Tea & Single Malt Connoisseur. Intellectual giant. Former Ambassador to Wakanda. Slightly pompous. Love Macaulay. Legend (in my own mind)

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book review, congress government, diplomat-poet, emotion, gst bill, gst council, haiku, indian poetry, karachi, literature, memory, nostalgia, poetry, prime minister modi, tokyo, upa ii, aftab seth, books and literature, columns, gst

Recent articles

Trump’s rhetoric, Rajiv Gandhi’s restraint, and lessons on leadership

Apr 27, 2026

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Mani Shankar Aiyar writes: What could have been done to avert a cooking gas crisis — and wasn’t

Mar 16, 2026

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Far before the current GST reforms, we flagged the issues. The government didn’t listen to us

Sep 21, 2025

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Aftab Seth’s I Do Not Know Why is an elegant collection of poems that resonate with emotions that the reader can empathise with

Sep 06, 2025