I Will Be Don Quixote And Lead The Charge, You Can Be Sancho Panza: Sushma Swaraj

NEW DELHI: “It is tantamount to tilting at windmills according to some, she(Sushma Swaraj) ominously adds…finally she concludes in a lighter vein,’Don’t worry, I will be Don Quixote and lead the charge. You can be Sancho Panza.’ I take it that this is her way of signalling that we can proceed full throttle and assuring me that she is taking full responsibility,” writes Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, in a behind-the-scenes account of India taking on the UK, a permanent member of the UN Security Council in the 2017 election for a seat at the International Court of Justice.

In this interview on ‘Books Corner’, Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN(2016-2020) and currently Dean, Kautilya School of Public Policy speaks to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi on his first book, ‘India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win’ on how “it’s important to fight to the finish.”