A Chequered Brilliance The Many Lives of V.K. Krishna Menon
- Haryana, India Penguin Random House India 2019
- 725p
includes index and biblioraphy
The Pre-1947 Years The Vengalil Family .........3 Annie Besant`s Protege (1918-30).........18 Chronic at the LSE(1924-34).............47 Agitator, Editor, Lawyer, Councillor (1934-47)............55 2. Congress Socialist Party Representative in London (1934-39) .........88 Enter Jawaharlal Nehru (1935) .......102 Nehru`s Man in London (1936-38).............117 3. The War Years (1939-44).............183 Resuming Contact with Nehru (1945)...................247 4. Nehru`s Sounding Board and Global Envoy (1946)..............263 Assisting Nehru and Mountbatten (1947)..........282 The Post 1947 years High Commissioner in London ............313 Exit as high Commissioner UN Envoy ...................382 Defence Minister and UN Envoy ............470 The Glory and the Fall ...............557 6. Last Seventeen Months with Nehru ............606 Voice in the Wilderness .................627 Out of Congress and Parliament ..............637 Advocate, MP, Peace crusader ..................647 7. The Final Year (1974)............661 Life after Death (1974-) ...................671