For the duration of his tenure as Prime Minister, I would find Singh to be wise, thoughtful, and scrupulously honest,” he writes. Mr. Obama writes at length about Gandhiji’s life and his legacy, including the inspiration U.S. Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. drew from Gandhiji’s philosophy. While Mr. Obama says in many respects India counted as a success story, he is not all praise for the country. Mr. Singh’s “restraint” against Pakistan after the November 2011 attacks in Mumbai had cost him politically, Mr. Obama writes. A second volume of Mr. Obama’s memoirs is expected, although no release date has been announced.

Source: The Hindu November 16, 2020 02:09 UTC