Author: Edwin Omar Owens

Janaki Ballabh, who passed away in Beijing last month aged 94, was among the last men standing pursuing peace between India and China. A dream he pursued since he first visted China in the 1950s/ Atul Dalakoti, Executive Director, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Beijing, recalls his father’s pioneering journey and his contribution to the India-China relationship in a telephone conversation from Beijing with Syed Firdaus Ashraf In his younger days, my father was close to Pandit Sundar Lal, who was secretary to then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for some time. It was on his recommendation…