‘India’s diversity a fact of life that can’t be wished away’ DECCAN CHRONICLE. Updated Feb 7, 2021, 12:45 pm IST The book is a recollection from memory, says Hamid Ansari on his autobiography Cover page of By Many A Happy Accident by Hamid Ansari Career diplomat Hamid Ansari, who rose to become Vice-President of India, in which capacity he served from 2007 to 2017, in a conversation with Ashhar Khan over his just-released book By Many A Happy Accident, and the many controversies surrounding it What was the idea or inspiration behind writing your autobiography?
Well, it was nothing, actually. I was not too keen but my children and my friends said that I should write as I had a diverse life. So, one fine day, I started writing and kept on writing. I had sent it to the publisher in last March but due to Covid-19 it will be formally launched only now. The book is a recollection from memory.