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Dead on time by meghnad desai from omsons publications. He was made lord desai of st clement danes in 1991, and was awarded the bharatiya pravasi puraskar in 2004 and the padma bhushan in 2008. Meghnad desai, 69, is professor emeritus at the lse and the author of. He unsuccessfully stood for the speaker in the british house of lords in 2011, the first ever nonuk born candidate to do so. Meghnad desai is an economist by profession and taught at the london school of. Dead on time harpercollins publishers india harper collins india. Condition see description isbn 10 8172238290 isbn 9788172238292 seller. Labour peer meghnad desai jokes that he wants to become his partys jeffery archer. Financial crisis, bollywood, ezra pound and a novel dead on time.
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