The India of 2002 is not the India of 1947. The India of Vajpayee is not the India of Nehru. The India of 1947 was drenched in blood and immersed in self-doubt. The India of 2002 stands strong and tall. The main engine of this Silent Revolution has been the Sangha Parivar led by RSS and including BJS-BJP, BMS-BKS, ABVP, VHP, SJM etc. MaIkani as Swayamsevak for sixty years, 'Organiser' editor for 35 years and BJP man since the Party's birth—nay conception—has been a witness to this era. 'INDIA FIRST is his analysis of and Running Commentary on, this unfolding Drama.

Birth: Hyderabad Sindh, November 19, 1921.
Education: M.A. , in Economics & Politics, Bombay University (D.G. National College, Hyderabad Sindh, Fergusson College, Pune, School of Economics & Sociology, Bombay); joined RSS 1941.
Lecturer D.G. National College 1945-47, sub-Editor, Hindustan Times 1948; Editor, The Organiser Weekly 1948-1983; Editor, The Motherland Daily 1971-75; MISA Detenu: June1975-March 1977. Nieman fellow, Harvard University 1961-62; General Secretary, Editors Guild of India 1978-79; Member, Press Delegation to China 1978; Vice-Chairman, Deendayal Res¬earch Institute, Delhi 1983-91; Vice President, BJP, 1991-1994; Member, Rajya Sabha 1994-2000. Currently Lt Governor of Pondicherry.
Publications:The Midnight Knock'(1977), The RSS Story' (1980), The Sindh Story' (1984), 'Ayodhya and Hindu-Muslim Relations'(1993).