Chidambaram’s famous midnight statement of December 9, 2009, come about? Nor, is there a satisfactory answer to the question of why the Congress party disowned the statement. Jairam confesses that he does not have an authoritative answer to the key question: how did the then Home Minister P. That, perhaps, is a legitimate reason for this book. He confesses to a desire to leave behind a record for the future research scholar. In Old History New Geography, he has tried hard to earn the approval of the academic-minded reader. This inclusion was to earn him “the undying wrath of Telugus all over the world who were opposed to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.” That membership gave him a seat at the decision-making table. Jairam was part the Group of Ministers entrusted with the task of dividing the state of Andhra Pradesh. All of them have a sense of history and have strong views and are not reticent about expressing them. As of now, this small group can be said to be composed of Natwar Singh, Jaswant Singh, Arun Shourie and Mani Shankar Aiyar. He has earned his pass to join a very select group - gentlemen in political life who have the skills, intelligence and willingness to write about their experience of men, women and events. He is a decent, honest and reasonably well-read man. Jairam is an honourable exception to the otherwise dishonourable political crowd. This is his fourth book in two years since his party got booted out of power and he lost his ministry. My friend Jairam Ramesh has produced one more book, Old History New Geography, Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.
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