Kishore Mahbubani: The accidental diplomat

Kishore Mahbubani: The accidental diplomat

AS he rattles on about the geopolitical issues of the region and the world, it is hard to picture this urbane cosmopolitan as an impoverished, young boy in 1950s Singapore. And that was one reason why he decided to talk about his humble past in his latest book, says...
Old Hindi songs get Kishore going

Old Hindi songs get Kishore going

On a good Saturday morning, unencumbered by phone calls or text messages, Mr Kishore Mahbubani can churn out 3,000 words on paper – by hand. But the 75-year-old former diplomat, who recently published his autobiography, Living The Asian Century: An Undiplomatic...