A veteran's veteran

Former RBI official P P Ramachandran's third book is a labour of love comprising little tributes to the people with whom, or under whom, he had worked

A few months ago someone told me about a book called Veterans of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The author is P P Ramachandran (PPR), a former official of the RBI. He is famous throughout the RBI because he writes one book review a week, which he circulates privately every Sunday. He has also reviewed books by over 60 RBI people. It came as a surprise to me that so many of them have written books. Sadly, I have never had the opportunity to meet him.

Now PPR has written his third book. It’s a labour of love comprising