Caterpillar in The Salad

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These are the memoirs of a journalist. Arvind Bhandari takes the reader through the vicissitudes of his eventful and adventurous life, unfolding a story that is at once interesting and evocative, rumbustious and thought-provoking. Whereas autobiographies generally do not tell more than 75 percent of the truth, Arvind Bhandari claims to have been courageous enough to speak the truth 90 percent. As a result, the narrative is spiced with romantic interludes, bawdy humour and sexual peccadilloes. Included in these memoirs are pen portraits of Atal Behari Vajpayee, Morarji Desai,Indira Gandhi, Charan Singh and other influential politicians. The author has also described his encounters with prominent cricketers, well-known bureaucrats, colourful ambassadors, top businessmen and leading journalists. Woven into this variegated mosaic are several vignettes to make a riveting autobiography.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Arvind Bhandari

Arvind Bhandari is among the senior-most Delhi-based journalists. After taking a M.A. (Economics) degree from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, in 1960, he joined The Hindustan Times as an apprentice reporter. Then he switched to The Times of India, where he was a Staff Reporter from 1961 to 1965. Bhandari was Special Correspondent of the Indian Express from 1965 to 1978 and an Assistant Editor of The Tribune from 1979 to 1980. From 1980 to 1985 he was Chief of New Delhi Bureau of Commerce Weekly. Bhandari was General Manager, Press Relations Division, Reserve Bank of India, from 1985 to 1992. Since then he has been writing for various newspapers. Bhandari is widely travelled. Arvind Bhandari was a prominent cricketer during his college days. He captained St. Stephen's College and represented Delhi in Ranji Trophy.