<p class="title">Princess Diana was in awe of Mother Teresa and wanted to accommodate a small number of AIDS patients in Kolkata after the legendary nun talked about it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A new book "The Journey of a Wise Man: LM Singhvi", a pictorial biography of the statesman by his son, Abhishek Singhvi, brings to light many interesting nuggets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Diana and her husband Prince Charles had an abiding friendship with LM Singhvi, India's longest-serving high commissioner to the UK in the early nineties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Published by Palimpsest, the book has rare photographs and documents of historical importance. One such picture shows the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at a spiritual session with a Jain Muni in 1962, offering a valuable insight into his persona given his scientific temperament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I read with great interest of your visit to Mother Teresa. I have the fondest memories of my meeting with her and she is constantly in my thoughts," Princess Diana wrote to Singhvi in a letter dated May 1, 1997.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I would love to be involved with the house to accommodate a small number of AIDS patients in Calcutta and am deeply touched that Mother Teresa thought of asking me," she continued.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In another letter from Kensington Palace, dated February 10, 1997, the Princess expressed her keenness to work for India. "If you, High Commissioner, felt that I could help in your country in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prince Charles, on the other hand, stressed a special connect to India seeking to bracket himself with the 'midnight children'. In his letter of August 16, 1996, he wrote, "Having been conceived a few months after the transfer of power, I feel a particular affinity in age with the Republic of India."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The author, a Rajya Sabha member, and a legal expert, throws light on the circumstances leading to his father’s pioneering initiatives on the Indian Diaspora project, institution of the Lokpal and Panchayati raj heading two high-power committees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The book also has essays by former diplomats Lalit Mansingh and Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former CJI R C Lahoti and veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on different aspects of L M Singhvi's contribution to diplomacy, politics, culture, and jurisprudence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abhishek Singhvi describes his father as a remarkable man who was a polyglot, knowledgeable about Sanskrit, Hindi and English literature. </p>
<p class="title">Princess Diana was in awe of Mother Teresa and wanted to accommodate a small number of AIDS patients in Kolkata after the legendary nun talked about it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A new book "The Journey of a Wise Man: LM Singhvi", a pictorial biography of the statesman by his son, Abhishek Singhvi, brings to light many interesting nuggets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Diana and her husband Prince Charles had an abiding friendship with LM Singhvi, India's longest-serving high commissioner to the UK in the early nineties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Published by Palimpsest, the book has rare photographs and documents of historical importance. One such picture shows the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at a spiritual session with a Jain Muni in 1962, offering a valuable insight into his persona given his scientific temperament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I read with great interest of your visit to Mother Teresa. I have the fondest memories of my meeting with her and she is constantly in my thoughts," Princess Diana wrote to Singhvi in a letter dated May 1, 1997.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I would love to be involved with the house to accommodate a small number of AIDS patients in Calcutta and am deeply touched that Mother Teresa thought of asking me," she continued.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In another letter from Kensington Palace, dated February 10, 1997, the Princess expressed her keenness to work for India. "If you, High Commissioner, felt that I could help in your country in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prince Charles, on the other hand, stressed a special connect to India seeking to bracket himself with the 'midnight children'. In his letter of August 16, 1996, he wrote, "Having been conceived a few months after the transfer of power, I feel a particular affinity in age with the Republic of India."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The author, a Rajya Sabha member, and a legal expert, throws light on the circumstances leading to his father’s pioneering initiatives on the Indian Diaspora project, institution of the Lokpal and Panchayati raj heading two high-power committees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The book also has essays by former diplomats Lalit Mansingh and Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former CJI R C Lahoti and veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on different aspects of L M Singhvi's contribution to diplomacy, politics, culture, and jurisprudence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abhishek Singhvi describes his father as a remarkable man who was a polyglot, knowledgeable about Sanskrit, Hindi and English literature. </p>