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  THE GAME CHANGER   In my long reading life, I have come to the stage where biographies (the term includes autobiographies) have become my first choice. In addition to famous people of all eras and lands, I also love autobiographies or diaries of little known or common people with good observations. These accounts give authentic portraits of life in specific locations in a particular period. They offer interesting tidbits of information which are otherwise not of interest to public at large but titillate me. At times they can make you understand complex happenings in history from a humane angle. Sometimes you experience a revelation of great importance which isn’t in public consciousness due to its seeming ubiquitousness and simplicity. I have been going through an autobiography of a woman politician of yore who was seemingly a well-known figure during early years of our republic. While describing the leadership of our first prime minister, she mentions how Nehru was ...