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Episode 42 - Dr S Jaishankar, No Holds Barred

ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash

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The Political Opportunity Comes Into the Sunset

Dr. Jai Shankar's father was Dr. K. Subramanyam, who played a key role in formulating India's strategic doctrine. In 1980, when Indra Gandhi was re-elected, he was the first secretary that she removed. As a person, he saw his own bureaucratic career in bureaucracy, actually kind of stalled. And after that, you know, he never became a secretary again. He was superseded during the Rajiv Gandhi period for someone junior to him becoming cabinet secretary.

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