My review of the book 'Portraits of Power: Half a century of being at ringside'
Title: PORTRAITS OF POWER: Half a century of being at Ringside Author: Shri N.K. Singh Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. Year of publication: 2020 Price: Rs 595 ISBN: 978-93-5333-775-9 This book ‘PORTRAITS OF POWER: Half a century of being at Ringside’ has been written and published in the year 2020 by Shri Nand Kishore Singh (N.K Singh). He is a well-renowned bureaucrat as well as politician, most recently known for his stint as the Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission. N.K Singh was born in Kolkata and spent most of his childhood at his maternal grandfather’s place in Bihar, who was one of the richest and most celebrated Zamindars of North Bihar and had been a member of Bihar legislative council for many years. He pursued his education in Economics from St Stephens college, Delhi and then post-graduation from the Delhi School of Economics (DSE). Following the footprints of his father, an ICS officer, he chose to become a civil serva...