John Kenneth Galbraith was born on October 15, 1908 at Iona Station, Ontario, Canada. He was an economist, writer and diplomat. As Ambassador of the US to India, he helped to bring India and USA closer. The then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had a high regard for him. He was a liberal and loved by many in India and USA. His books on economics, generally considered a dry subject, were best-sellers.
I am an admirer of Galbraith and had the pleasure of reading his memoir, "A Life in our Times", which I have borrowed from the Madurai-Kamaraj University Library. It is a great book. His two other books, "Ambassador's Journal" and "A China Passage", I picked up from a secondhand bookshop at Trichy and read them. I also possessed copy of his "The Affluent Society". It is one of his very famous books and a bestseller.
Galbraith wit and humour are very famous. He was close to many Presidents and other Heads of State. He received many honours nationally and internationally.
He died on April 29, 2006 at the ripe old age of 97.
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