PORTRAITS OF POWER THE STORY OF MY LIFE

N.K. Singh has been a
formidable civil servant, an empathetic politician, a keen chronicler of
India’s socioeconomic history and the quintessential academic that academia
never got. His life’s work, as chronicled in this book has indeed been
intertwined with the progress India has made. In many such cases, Singh has
been not just an active contributor but has also given shape to those many
momentous decisions—whether through the use of diplomacy or the rigours of
understanding the mechanism of the levers of power or, for that matter, by
consensus building. Portraits of Power is not just an autobiography of a man,
who for several decades has played an active role in India’s march towards
becoming a formidable economy; it is indeed, on multiple levels, a book that
profiles myriad institutions that work in harmony to make things happen. And
in everything that N.K. Singh has done, so in this book too, there is both
incisive clarity and insightful anecdotal heft. This book helps readers
navigate the vast complexities of India but in a way that is stark and yet
elegant. From personal happenings to national movements, Portraits of Power
covers it all.