The Book I Won't Be Writing and Other Essays, , H. Y. Sharada Prasad, DC Publishers, 8180280020

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The Book I Won't Be Writing and Other Essays

H. Y. Sharada Prasad (Author)

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This book is about memories, beliefs, values and sometimes just stray thoughts selected from more than one thousand pieces of scattered writings by a most remarkable man. HY Sharada Prasad has lived through interesting times, turbulent times, times of great hope and of despair. He has been witness to some momentous events of recent Indian history. The book captures some of these moments in elegantly crafted and sometimes delightfully anecdotal prose. The author also writes about people who mattered and did not matter, about values and vogues, and observes and comments on the Mayfair as it passes. The writings are grouped into nine sections with themes varying from the ways and instruments of power to personal reminiscences of the famous; a gentle yet perceptive critique of modern mores and an information age that appears to promote ignorance. The book closes with some thoughts on the art of writing and other topics of diverse interest.

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About the author

H. Y. Sharada Prasad

HY Sharada Prasad is known to the media as long-time Information Adviser to Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was educated in Mysore University and jailed during the Quit India Movement. He joined the Express newspapers in 1945 and was Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University in 1955-56. He later edited Yojana, journal of the Planning Commission. Then followed his long stint in the Prime Minister's Office in 1966-78 and 1980-88. During the Janata government he worked with Morarji Desai for a few months before being posted as Director of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. He has been Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations since 1986, and a former Chairman of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabed. His books include Rashtrapati Bhavan: The Story of the Presidentâ€™s House and Exploring Karnataka, besides a large number of translations and anthologies. He is also co-editor of the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru. Among the honours he has received are Padma Bhushan and the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.

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