Jairam Ramesh will answer your questions at noon, Monday, September 14, 2015.
Jairam Ramesh, a familiar figure in Indian politics, is known for his felicity with both the spoken and written word.
After the Manmohan Singh government was voted out in May 2014, Jairam Ramesh, who served in the environment and rural development ministries, quickly wrote two books, Green Signals: Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India and Legislating for Justice: The Making of the 2013 Land Acquisition Law.
But it is his latest book, To The Brink and Back -- India's 1991 Story, that has made the most waves since it highlights the 35 days in 1991 when then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao and his finance minister Dr Manmohan Singh ushered in momentous changes in India.
At the time, Jairam Ramesh was just starting out in politics, serving as a junior official in the Rao PMO.
It is clear that Jairam Ramesh holds favourable views about the Rao regime, views that may run contrary to the prevailing view within the Congress party about that era.
Since the 1990s, Jairam Ramesh has had a ringside view of political developments as they unfolded, all of which surely provide him with enough material for more memoirs.
Join Jairam Ramesh on the Rediff Chat as he discusses the period that changed India's history, forever.
Please click here to join Jairam Ramesh, Live! on the Rediff Chat, from noon to 1 pm IST, Monday, September 14, 2015!
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