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Parliamentary question: Condition of National Highways This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.A. (Hons.) History, B.A./M.A., M.Phil. in International Relations Educated at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Delhi Magdalen College, Oxford University, U.K. and St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, U.K.. The professional background is listed as Journalist/Writer.
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B.A. (Hons.) History, B.A./M.A., M.Phil. in International Relations Educated at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Delhi Magdalen College, Oxford University, U.K. and St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, U.K.
(i) The Gin Drinkers,1999, (ii) Blind Faith, 2005, (iii) Indira, India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister, 2017, (iv) Why I am Liberal, 2018 and (v)Vajpayee, India’s Most Loved Prime Minister, 2021; author of national best seller biographies of Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Participated in literary festivals and literary book clubs; watching theatres, dramas and performances; amateur theatre artist in plays and theatre productions.
Journalist and columnist for over three decades; won multiple awards in the field of journalism; television news anchor, 2005-2014; award winning and bestselling author
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Questions
Proceedings
2024
34
25
2025
67
29
2026
56
0
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All India Trinamool Congress
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Delay in disbursement of pensionary benefits to Government employees
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Member-linked archive; may span several terms · Records dated 2024-07-29 to 2026-08-12
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Condition of National Highways
UNSTARRED · ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGH WAYS · Rajya Sabha Secretariat · Question 2814 · Session 271
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SIR being manipulated to benefit BJP: TMC's Sagarika Ghose calls for scrutiny of electoral process as 23 opposition parties write to CJI
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B.A. (Hons.) History, B.A./M.A., M.Phil. in International Relations Educated at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Delhi Magdalen College, Oxford University, U.K. and St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, U.K..
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