Shivshankar Menon's new book, India and Asian Geopolitics, is also worth reading, especially if the subject is new to you.
I read somewhere regarding his book. He has written India is not ‘vishwa guru’ yet because world is much more realistic. A country's success is based on material power, hard power, economy, military strength, and ability to handle domestic affairs properly. Do you agree ?
By the way, Menons are in IFS for 3 generations now. Extraordinary !
About the Menons - the story goes that an astrologer when asked to predict about KPS Menon's ( Shiv Shankar Menon's grandfather) chances to become Foreign Secretary predicted that not only KPS but his child and grandchild will also rise to Foreign Secretary.
Incredibly that prediction turned out to be true
