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Zhiggi-Zhiggi in Rwanda: A Life Shaped by Travel, Diplomacy, and Perspective
Paperback
Biographies GeneralPolitical BiographiesTravel General
ISBN13: 9781834389240
Publisher: Tellwell Talent
Published: Jun 2 2026
Pages: 460
Weight: 1.81
Height: 1.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Zhiggi-Zhiggi in Rwanda is not a conventional travelogue, nor is it a catalogue of diplomatic postings. It is a reflective memoir about how travel-across countries, institutions, and moments of history-quietly shapes a mind.
From a childhood fascination with the world beyond familiar borders to a long career in the Indian Foreign Service, the author journeys through conflict zones, divided Europe, distant islands, and the corridors of power. Along the way, he observes history at close quarters and learns how institutions endure, how authority is exercised-or squandered-and how perspective is earned rather than assumed.
Notable meetings with figures like Mother Teresa and Queen Elizabeth II offer recognition, yet it is a trip to Rwanda as a traveller that serves as the book's turning point, shifting focus from ceremony to humble reflection on human experience.
Written with clarity, restraint, and quiet humour, Zhiggi-Zhiggi in Rwanda is a memoir about learning to live with uncertainty-and discovering that travel's greatest lesson is not how much of the world one sees, but how much remains unresolved.
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