01225nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000090007304100080008208200210009010000150011124500530012626000350017930000270021436500120024152007130025365000190096665000190098570000150100420220426093358.0220426b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a014100519x  cAloy  aeng  223a954.04bLALT  aLALA (R M)  aTouch of greatness:bEncounters with the eminent  aNew DelhibPenguin Booksc2001  axii,238p.bPBc21x14cm  2History  aA Touch of Greatness is an engaging account of R.M. Lala's meetings with luminaries he has known. Profiled here are politicians, social activists, industrialists, religious leaders and artists, whose lives demonstrate 'what one can live for-and what one can live by'. They include giants like C. Rajagopalachari, Jayaprakash Narayan, J.R.D. Tata, Morarji Desai and Vinoba Bhave, all of whom played a prominent role in shaping modern India. Also profiled are the Dalia Lama, Azim Premji, Narayana Murthy, Nani Palkhivala and Sam Manekshaw who bring home the power of virtues like compassion, endeavour, intellect and selflessness. At the end is a tribute to a father-the author's own-that speaks to all of us.  aContemporaries  aIndian History  aLALA (R M)