Express News Service
Wajahat Habibullah’s My Years with Rajiv: Triumph and Tragedy is an intimate portrait of Rajiv Gandhi, the man who became Prime Minister in 1984 at the age of 40. It is based on the author’s extensive recollections involving the protagonist of his book. They knew each other as young boys studying at Welham Boys’ School and the Doon School in Dehradun. Thanks to the personal and professional ties between their families, this friendship continued into adulthood. Eventually, Habibullah also ended up serving as joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, and the boy who was one year his senior at school became his boss.