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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Vir Sanghvi is an Indian editor and also a television personality. He is a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] [[Jainism\|Jain]]<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eK1uGVxmEiUC&pg=PA137\|first=Vir\|last=Sanghvi\|quote=In my case, the cuisine of my forefathers (Gujarati) did not leave much of an impression on my palate.\|title=Rude Food: The Collected Food Writings of Vir Sanghvi\|year=2004\|page=137\|isbn=9780143031390\|publisher=[[Penguin Books India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/virsanghvi/status/987568315567493121\|title=I am a Jain. Please don't take it upon yourself to lecture me about my own religion\|last=sanghvi\|first=vir\|date=20 April 2018\|website=@virsanghvi\|language=en\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> Currently, he is editorial director of the ''Hindustan Times''. Sanghvi was brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai) and London and educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, and [[Mill Hill School]], London. He went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at Brasenose College,<ref>[[List of University of Oxford people]].</ref> [[Oxford]] on the Inlaks Scholarship.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/leadership2005/vir_sanghvi.shtml Vir Sangvi profile – HT Leadership Summit] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.</ref>		Vir Sanghvi is an Indian editor and also a television personality. He is a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] [[Jainism\|Jain]]<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eK1uGVxmEiUC&pg=PA137\|first=Vir\|last=Sanghvi\|quote=In my case, the cuisine of my forefathers (Gujarati) did not leave much of an impression on my palate.\|title=Rude Food: The Collected Food Writings of Vir Sanghvi\|year=2004\|page=137\|isbn=9780143031390\|publisher=[[Penguin Books India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/virsanghvi/status/987568315567493121\|title=I am a Jain. Please don't take it upon yourself to lecture me about my own religion\|last=sanghvi\|first=vir\|date=20 April 2018\|website=@virsanghvi\|language=en\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> Currently, he is editorial director of the ''Hindustan Times''. Sanghvi was brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai) and London and educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, and [[Mill Hill School]], London. He went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at Brasenose College,<ref>[[List of University of Oxford people]].</ref> [[Oxford]] on the Inlaks Scholarship.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061026081012/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/leadership2005/vir_sanghvi.shtml Vir Sangvi profile – HT Leadership Summit] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.</ref>

	His show ''Custom Made for Vir Sanghvi'' on NDTV Goodtimes, where he travels across India, in search of the most luxurious and bespoke 'Indian' experiences has received high ratings and been renewed for a second season.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2021}} His published books include Rude Food, India – Then and Now and Men of Steel (a collection of profiles of India's leading businessmen. He has also authored a biography of the late Madhavrao Scindia, which was released by Sonia Gandhi in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2009-03-11\|title=Sonia's tribute to Scindia: he shared a great deal of my burden\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/sonias-tribute-to-scindia-he-shared-a-great-deal-of-my-burden/~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-08-03\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref>		His show ''Custom Made for Vir Sanghvi'' on NDTV Goodtimes, where he travels across India, in search of the most luxurious and bespoke 'Indian' experiences has received high ratings and been renewed for a second season.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2021}} His published books include Rude Food, India – Then and Now and Men of Steel (a collection of profiles of India's leading businessmen. He has also authored a biography of the late Madhavrao Scindia, which was released by Sonia Gandhi in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2009-03-11\|title=Sonia's tribute to Scindia: he shared a great deal of my burden\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/sonias-tribute-to-scindia-he-shared-a-great-deal-of-my-burden/\|access-date=2021-08-03\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	==Nira Radia tapes==		==Nira Radia tapes==
	In 2010, Sanghvi was connected to the [[Radia tapes controversy\|Nira Radia tapes]].		In 2010, Sanghvi was connected to the [[Radia tapes controversy\|Nira Radia tapes]].
	In the audio tape Sanghvi was heard asking "What kind of story do you want?"<ref name="Open Magazine">{{cite news\|title=What kind of story do you want? \|publisher=openthemagazine.com\|date=20 November 2010\|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/what-kind-of-story-do-you-want}}</ref> It is alleged that he made some points suggested by Radia in his article titled 'Time for some transparency'<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/viewsvirsanghvi/Time-for-some-transparency/Article1-423644.aspx \|title=Time for some transparency \|website=Hindustan Times \|date=20 June 2009 \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> under Sanghvi's column "Counterpoint".<ref name="Open Magazine"/><ref name="hindustantimes.com"/><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|title=The spotlight is on the media now \|publisher=thehindu.com\|date=24 November 2010\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article907823.ece\|location=Chennai, India\|first=Priscilla\|last=Jebaraj}}</ref> Sanghvi denied all allegations and uploaded the article onto his website for readers to make their own judgement.<ref name="tehelka.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ws1911102G_FALLOUT.asp \|title=India's Independent Weekly News Magazine \|publisher=Tehelka \|access-date=8 March 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122013336/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ws1911102G_FALLOUT.asp \|archive-date=22 November 2010 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=No. 1 Indian Media News Portal\|url=https://www.bhadas4media.com/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120212618/http://bhadas4media.com/article-comment/7449-2010-11-20-02-28-02.html\|archive-date=2010-11-20\|access-date=2021-08-03\|website=www.bhadas4media.com\|language=en-US}}</ref> On 27 November 2010, Sanghvi released a detailed statement in the ''Hindustan Times'', clarifying his role, and also raising the possibility of the tapes being edited.<ref name="sanghvistatement"/> Due to the heightened interest in him Sanghvi temporarily suspended his weekly article "Counterpoint".<ref name="sanghvistatement">{{cite web\|title=Setting the record straight\|url=http://virsanghvi.com/CounterPoint-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=582\|date=27 November 2010\|access-date=27 November 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130000300/http://virsanghvi.com/CounterPoint-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=582\|archive-date=30 November 2010\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		In the audio tape Sanghvi was heard asking "What kind of story do you want?"<ref name="Open Magazine">{{cite news\|title=What kind of story do you want? \|publisher=openthemagazine.com\|date=20 November 2010\|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/what-kind-of-story-do-you-want}}</ref> It is alleged that he made some points suggested by Radia in his article titled 'Time for some transparency'<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/viewsvirsanghvi/Time-for-some-transparency/Article1-423644.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122090307/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/viewsvirsanghvi/Time-for-some-transparency/Article1-423644.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=22 November 2010 \|title=Time for some transparency \|website=Hindustan Times \|date=20 June 2009 \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> under Sanghvi's column "Counterpoint".<ref name="Open Magazine"/><ref name="hindustantimes.com"/><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|title=The spotlight is on the media now \|publisher=thehindu.com\|date=24 November 2010\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article907823.ece\|location=Chennai, India\|first=Priscilla\|last=Jebaraj}}</ref> Sanghvi denied all allegations and uploaded the article onto his website for readers to make their own judgement.<ref name="tehelka.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ws1911102G_FALLOUT.asp \|title=India's Independent Weekly News Magazine \|publisher=Tehelka \|access-date=8 March 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122013336/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ws1911102G_FALLOUT.asp \|archive-date=22 November 2010 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=No. 1 Indian Media News Portal\|url=https://www.bhadas4media.com/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120212618/http://bhadas4media.com/article-comment/7449-2010-11-20-02-28-02.html\|archive-date=2010-11-20\|access-date=2021-08-03\|website=www.bhadas4media.com\|language=en-US}}</ref> On 27 November 2010, Sanghvi released a detailed statement in the ''Hindustan Times'', clarifying his role, and also raising the possibility of the tapes being edited.<ref name="sanghvistatement"/> Due to the heightened interest in him Sanghvi temporarily suspended his weekly article "Counterpoint".<ref name="sanghvistatement">{{cite web\|title=Setting the record straight\|url=http://virsanghvi.com/CounterPoint-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=582\|date=27 November 2010\|access-date=27 November 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130000300/http://virsanghvi.com/CounterPoint-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=582\|archive-date=30 November 2010\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	In January 2012, The Union Government told the Supreme Court that the Radia tapes broadcast by media organisations were tampered with and the government agencies were not responsible for its leakage.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/niira-radia-tapes-tampered-centre-tells-supreme-court/articleshow/11698381.cms \|title=Niira Radia tapes tampered: Centre tells Supreme Court – Economic Times \|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com \|date=31 January 2012 \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/niira-radia-tapes-released-by-media-tampered-with-centre-to-supreme-court-171890 \|title=Niira Radia tapes released by media tampered with: Centre to Supreme Court \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=31 January 2012 \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radia-tapes-were-tampered-with-centre-to-sc/225878-3.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203000510/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radia-tapes-were-tampered-with-centre-to-sc/225878-3.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 February 2012 \|title=Radia tapes were tampered with: Centre to SC – India News – IBNLive \|publisher=Ibnlive.in.com \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>		In January 2012, The Union Government told the Supreme Court that the Radia tapes broadcast by media organisations were tampered with and the government agencies were not responsible for its leakage.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/niira-radia-tapes-tampered-centre-tells-supreme-court/articleshow/11698381.cms \|title=Niira Radia tapes tampered: Centre tells Supreme Court – Economic Times \|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com \|date=31 January 2012 \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/niira-radia-tapes-released-by-media-tampered-with-centre-to-supreme-court-171890 \|title=Niira Radia tapes released by media tampered with: Centre to Supreme Court \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=31 January 2012 \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radia-tapes-were-tampered-with-centre-to-sc/225878-3.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203000510/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radia-tapes-were-tampered-with-centre-to-sc/225878-3.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 February 2012 \|title=Radia tapes were tampered with: Centre to SC – India News – IBNLive \|publisher=Ibnlive.in.com \|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://virsanghvi.com Vir Sanghvi's Website]		* [http://virsanghvi.com Vir Sanghvi's Website]
	* [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Views/ColumnistListing.aspx?Category=VirSanghvi&BC=VirSanghvi&ColumnistName=Vir+Sanghvi Vir Sangvi columns] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090107113857/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Views/ColumnistListing.aspx?Category=VirSanghvi&BC=VirSanghvi&ColumnistName=Vir+Sanghvi Vir Sangvi columns] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''

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'''Vir Sanghvi''' (born 5 July 1956)<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970624/17550723.html Face Off with Vir Sanghavi] ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 24 June 1997.</ref> is an Indian print and television journalist,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/rude-travel-down-the-sages/story-SYVGGDouZrOTgJogiul6IN.html|title=Rude Travel: Down The Sages Vir Sanghavi}}</ref> author, columnist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/it-seems-the-chicken-was-first-bred-in-the-indus-valley/story-765I8Ri4RhyuSfRUTjXSTN.html|title=It seems the chicken was first bred in the Indus Valley}}</ref> and talk show host. He has been a member of many professional, academic and government bodies including the National Integration Council. Currently, he is a member of the Broadcast Content Complaint Council (BCCC), a body that regulates content on entertainment TV channels and Co-Founder/Lead Food Critic at EazyDiner.<ref>[[EazyDiner]][https://www.eazydiner.com/team]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Vir Sanghvi is an Indian editor and also a television personality. He is a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Jainism|Jain]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eK1uGVxmEiUC&pg=PA137|first=Vir|last=Sanghvi|quote=In my case, the cuisine of my forefathers (Gujarati) did not leave much of an impression on my palate.|title=Rude Food: The Collected Food Writings of Vir Sanghvi|year=2004|page=137|isbn=9780143031390|publisher=[[Penguin Books India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/virsanghvi/status/987568315567493121|title=I am a Jain. Please don't take it upon yourself to lecture me about my own religion|last=sanghvi|first=vir|date=20 April 2018|website=@virsanghvi|language=en|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> Currently, he is editorial director of the ''Hindustan Times''. Sanghvi was brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai) and London and educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, and [[Mill Hill School]], London. He went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at Brasenose College,<ref>[[List of University of Oxford people]].</ref> [[Oxford]] on the Inlaks Scholarship.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/leadership2005/vir_sanghvi.shtml Vir Sangvi profile – HT Leadership Summit] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.</ref>

His show ''Custom Made for Vir Sanghvi'' on NDTV Goodtimes, where he travels across India, in search of the most luxurious and bespoke 'Indian' experiences has received high ratings and been renewed for a second season.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} His published books include Rude Food, India – Then and Now and Men of Steel (a collection of profiles of India's leading businessmen. He has also authored a biography of the late Madhavrao Scindia, which was released by Sonia Gandhi in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-03-11|title=Sonia's tribute to Scindia: he shared a great deal of my burden|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/sonias-tribute-to-scindia-he-shared-a-great-deal-of-my-burden/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Vir married author Malavika Sanghvi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-writing-life-no-usha_b_11040906|title=The Writing Life: No, Usha Khanna Did Not Die, She Still Lives}}</ref> They had a son Raaj Sanghvi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/raaj-sanghvi-entrepreneur-sanguine|title=MEET RAAJ SANGHVI, THE ENTREPRENEUR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/virsanghvi/status/522727118161981441?lang=en|title=My son, @RaajSanghvi , an assistant director on @HNY }}</ref> and Mallika Sangghvi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/virsanghvi/status/1353321818749161473?lang=en|title=Daughter's day}}</ref> Later he divorced Malavika and married Seema Goswami.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/unwind/here-to-tango/articleshow/31736483.cms|title=Here to tango}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-vir-sanghvi-115032001117_1.html|title=Lunch with BS: Vir Sanghvi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/virsanghvi/status/1136551729523118080?lang=en|title=My wife editor}}</ref>

==Nira Radia tapes==
In 2010, Sanghvi was connected to the [[Radia tapes controversy|Nira Radia tapes]].
In the audio tape Sanghvi was heard asking "What kind of story do you want?"<ref name="Open Magazine">{{cite news|title=What kind of story do you want? |publisher=openthemagazine.com|date=20 November 2010|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/what-kind-of-story-do-you-want}}</ref> It is alleged that he made some points suggested by Radia in his article titled 'Time for some transparency'<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/viewsvirsanghvi/Time-for-some-transparency/Article1-423644.aspx |title=Time for some transparency |website=Hindustan Times |date=20 June 2009 |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> under Sanghvi's column "Counterpoint".<ref name="Open Magazine"/><ref name="hindustantimes.com"/><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|title=The spotlight is on the media now |publisher=thehindu.com|date=24 November 2010|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article907823.ece|location=Chennai, India|first=Priscilla|last=Jebaraj}}</ref> Sanghvi denied all allegations and uploaded the article onto his website for readers to make their own judgement.<ref name="tehelka.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ws1911102G_FALLOUT.asp |title=India's Independent Weekly News Magazine |publisher=Tehelka |access-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122013336/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ws1911102G_FALLOUT.asp |archive-date=22 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=No. 1 Indian Media News Portal|url=https://www.bhadas4media.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120212618/http://bhadas4media.com/article-comment/7449-2010-11-20-02-28-02.html|archive-date=2010-11-20|access-date=2021-08-03|website=www.bhadas4media.com|language=en-US}}</ref> On 27 November 2010, Sanghvi released a detailed statement in the ''Hindustan Times'', clarifying his role, and also raising the possibility of the tapes being edited.<ref name="sanghvistatement"/> Due to the heightened interest in him Sanghvi temporarily suspended his weekly article "Counterpoint".<ref name="sanghvistatement">{{cite web|title=Setting the record straight|url=http://virsanghvi.com/CounterPoint-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=582|date=27 November 2010|access-date=27 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130000300/http://virsanghvi.com/CounterPoint-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=582|archive-date=30 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2012, The Union Government told the Supreme Court that the Radia tapes broadcast by media organisations were tampered with and the government agencies were not responsible for its leakage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/niira-radia-tapes-tampered-centre-tells-supreme-court/articleshow/11698381.cms |title=Niira Radia tapes tampered: Centre tells Supreme Court – Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/niira-radia-tapes-released-by-media-tampered-with-centre-to-supreme-court-171890 |title=Niira Radia tapes released by media tampered with: Centre to Supreme Court |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radia-tapes-were-tampered-with-centre-to-sc/225878-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203000510/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radia-tapes-were-tampered-with-centre-to-sc/225878-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2012 |title=Radia tapes were tampered with: Centre to SC – India News – IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>

==Food Critic & Journalist==
Vir Sanghvi writes a column, Rude Food,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/the-taste-with-vir-sanghvi-lucknow-or-hyderabad-which-cuisine-is-better/story-6sy9m3YOs7khx8OemqLnIO.html|title=The Taste with Vir Sanghvi: Lucknow or Hyderabad, which cuisine is better?}}</ref> in the Hindustan Times Brunch magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/rude-food-by-vir-sanghvi-may-the-best-biryani-win/story-TZESKZYahqR6RBDJhi4UKJ.html|title=Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: May the best biryani win}}</ref> Also given the “Best Food Critic” award from the Indian Culinary Foundation, Vir is the creator and host of the television shows “A Matter of Taste” and "Vir Sanghvi’s Asian Diary" on the Discovery Travel Living channel. He was also the lead judge for the television cooking competition, Foodistan. He is the co-founder and lead critic of online restaurant reservation platform, EazyDiner.<ref name="EazyDiner">{{cite news|title=Dine easy with Vir Sanghvi's EazyDiner? |publisher=www.business-standard.com|date=23 April 2015|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/dine-easy-with-vir-sanghvi-s-eazydiner-115042300638_1.html}}</ref>

==Books By Vir Sanghvi==
* ''Men of Steel – India's business leaders in candid conversation with Vir Sanghvi'', Roli Books Pvt Ltd, India (Jan 2007) {{ISBN|81-7436-474-9}}
* ''Rude Food: The Collected Food Writings of Vir Sanghvi'', Penguin Putnam (2004) {{ISBN|0-14-303139-2}}
* ''India Then and Now : Now/Vir Sanghvi. New Delhi, Roli, 2006, 274 p., $120. {{ISBN|81-7436-397-1}}.
* ''26/11:The Attack on Mumbai'', Penguin, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-14-306705-4}}
* ''Madhavrao Scindia: A life'', Penguin, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-670-08254-4}}
* ''Mandate: Will of the People'', Westland, 2016, {{ISBN|978-9384030391}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://virsanghvi.com Vir Sanghvi's Website]
* [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Views/ColumnistListing.aspx?Category=VirSanghvi&BC=VirSanghvi&ColumnistName=Vir+Sanghvi Vir Sangvi columns] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''

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