I am not unemployed, suggests Natwar

I am not unemployed, suggests Natwar

Despite resigning, Mr Natwar Singh today

suggested on a defiant note that he would not remain unemployed

for even a day after losing his ministership.

''From tomorrow, I shall be writing a book and having a damn
good time,'' he said at the launch of a book written by India's
former Permanent Representative to the UN Chinmaya R Gharekhan.
''Half an hour earlier, I became gainfully unemployed,'' he
said, adding in response to questions, ''I will play with children,
read books, and have a good time''.
Asked later about the subject of his books, he said it would
be about ''diplomatic incidents'', but did not elaborate. Earlier
in reference to a remark about the Volcker controversy he said
that ''Mr Volcker, you know, is not one of my favorite
individuals''.
Mr Singh sought to give a positive spin to his return among
the diplomatic and scholarly community present for the launch.
'' Given the choice, I would have been here instead of meeting the
Prime Minister,'' he said by way of explaning his delayed arrival
at the function.
On the book 'The Horseshoe Table', Mr. Singh said, it not
only provided an insider's view of the UN Security Council but
was also a very ''sensible and solid contribution'' reflecting
on the ''working and non-working contributions'' of the world
body.
''There is a democracy deficit in the UN Security Council,''
he said, reflecting on the ''power games'' that are witnessed on
the world stage under the garb of ''morality and justice''.
No longer bound by the ministerial code, Mr Singh used the
occasion to highlight the growing ''interventionist'' role of
the United States in world affairs.
''The collapse of the Soviet Union, good or bad, had removed
an alternative point of view from the world, he pointed out.