Navtej Sarna
 Navtej Sarna     ( author, columnist, diplomat) | |
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| Born | 2 December 1957 |
Navtej Singh Sarna is an Indian author, columnist, diplomat and former Indian Ambassador to the United States (2016-2018).[1] He was previously High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (2016),[2] and the Ambassador to Israel (2008-2012).[3] He has published three novels and many short stories and essays of literary criticism.
Diplomat
Earlier in his career, Sarna served in various bilateral and multilateral diplomatic capacities in the Soviet Union, Poland, Bhutan, Geneva, Iran and Washington DC.
Sarna has also held several crucial positions at the Foreign Office in Delhi. He has the distinction of being the longest serving Spokesperson for India’s Foreign Ministry from 2002 to 2008.[4]
Columnist
Sarna has also contributed extensively to journals and newspapers in India and abroad including The Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, etc. His literary columns written over seven years for The Hindu appeared as a book entitled 'Second Thoughts on Books, Authors and the Writerly Life.'
Publications
Sarna is also an established author of fiction and non-fiction. His works include:
- Folk Tales of Poland, Sterling Publications, 1991. ISBN 81-207-1072-X.[8]
- We Weren't Lovers Like That. Penguin, May 2003. ISBN 0-14-302961-4.
- The Book of Nanak, Penguin, September 2003. ISBN 0-670-04978-6.[12]
- The Exile. Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-08208-7.
- 'Zafarnama'- a translation, Penguin 2011
- 'Winter Evenings'- a collection of short stories, Rupa Rainlight 2012
- 'Savage Harvest'- a translation of partition stories of Mohinder Singh Sarna, Rupa 2013.
- 'Indians at Herod's Gate'- a Jerusalem narrative, Rupa Rainlight 2014.
- 'Second Thoughts- on books, authors and the writerly life'- HarperCollins 2015
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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| Document:Good fences make good neighbours | Article | 29 December 2024 | Greater Israel Israel/Defense Forces Syria Lebanon Turkey Golan Heights Occupied Palestinian Territory UN/DOF | If Syria dissolves, then Gaddafi’s warning to Arab leaders may be worth revisiting: “Their plan is to remove Lebanon and Syria so that the borders of the so-called Greater Israel are with Turkey rather than with Arab countries. You will see this achieved, if not in our era, then in our children’s era. Syria will become five small states.” |
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