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When Margaret Alva called Verghese Kurien an MCP

Vishy KurugantiJune 27, 20122 mins

[Editor’s Note: In Verghese Kurien’s autobiography (I too had a dream), he recounts his first encounter with Margaret Alva in 1984, when she accompanied the Queen of Netherlands. The Queen wished to…

Verghese Kurien’s answer to Lal Bahadur Shastri and the genesis for NDDB

Vishy KurugantiDecember 26, 20112 mins

This story (from Verghese Kurien’s I too had a dream) continues from Why Lal Bahadur Shastri wanted to spend a night in a Kaira district village. I assured the Prime Minister that all his observations…

Why Lal Bahadur Shastri wanted to spend a night in a Kaira district village

Vishy KurugantiDecember 19, 20112 mins

This story (from Verghese Kurien’s I too had a dream) continues from When an Indian Prime Minister spent a night in a village..unannounced..in 1964. He visited the huts of Harijans in the village. He…

Verghese Kurien On a Roll

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 09, 20111 mins

I’m reading Verghese Kurian’s autobiography I too had a dream – an authentic account of his life’s work, as told to Gauri Salvi. The following excerpt from the chapter On a Roll might persuade you to…

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