A Man For All SeasonsAbout the Book AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT ONE OF INDIAS MOST FASCINATING FIGURESTHE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL AND DIPLOMAT WHO HELPED SHAPE A POST COLONIAL INDIA. K. M. Panikkar was a multifaceted man, one of Indias first public intellectuals as India won its independence. His imprint is all over Indias colonial and post colonial history: from constitutional reform in the princely states, where he was a strong advocate for Indias current federal model to

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and when holding one’s peace

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and of traditional French family excursions to find wild food

A woman he gave up for all the wrong reasons

and wildly energetic curiosity

Sometimes fights can happen between adults

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The ocean liner was a microcosm of contemporary society