Money Was Only Problem for Singh at Cambridge

Singh earned a First Class Honours (Tripos) degree in Economics in 1957 from University of Cambridge. Daughter Daman Singh came out with a book 'Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan', published by HarperCollins in 2014, to tell the story of her parents

NEW DELHI: While studying in Cambridge University on a scholarship in the mid 1950s, money was the only real problem for Manmohan Singh and there were times when he had to skip meals or live on a sixpence bar of Cadbury's chocolate, according to his daughter Daman Singh.

Singh earned a First Class Honours (Tripos) degree in Economics in 1957 from University of Cambridge.

Daughter Daman Singh came out with a book "Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan", published by HarperCollins in 2014, to tell the story of her parents.

She also mentioned that her father often spoke about his early years, of the hard life in the village as well as the charm of a simpler existence. Singh was born in Gah in Punjab province's western region, which now falls in Pakistan.

Daman recalled that when once her sister Kiki asked Singh if he wishes to go back to Gah, he replied mildly, "No, not really. That is where my grandfather was killed."