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Navtej Sarna (born 1957) is an Indian author-columnist, diplomat, and former Indian Ambassador to Israel.〔(Navtej Sarna, envoy to Israel ) ''The Hindu'', March 30, 2008.〕 He was born in Jalandhar, India to noted writer in Punjabi, Mohinder Singh Sarna, and did his schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. Later he graduated as a part of the 1980 Class of Indian Foreign Service. Before holding his current post, he was Joint Secretary for external publicity at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), since October 2002,〔(Navtej Sarna is new foreign office spokesman ) ''Hindustan Times'', October 16, 2002.〕 and holds the distinction of being the longest-serving spokesperson of the ministry,〔 and served two prime ministers, three foreign ministers and four foreign secretaries, till the end of his term in September, 2008〔(Navtej Sarna, longest serving foreign ministry spokesman, ends tenure Monday ) ''Hindustan Times'', September 14, 2008.〕 Previously as a diplomat served in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Geneva, Teheran and Washington, DC 〔(The Rediff Chat: Ambassador Navtej Sarna ) ''Rediff.com''.〕 He also writes short stories, and book reviews. His first novel published was ''We Weren't Lovers Like That'' in 2003,〔(Diplomat into novelist ) ''The Hindu'',January 4, 2004.〕 followed by The Book of Nanak in the same year, his latest, ''The Exile'', published in 2008, is based on the life of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of Lahore, and son Raja Ranjit Singh.〔(The Exile: A maharaja's tragic journey ) ''Rediff.com'', October 15, 2008.〕 ==Bibliography== * ''Folk Tales of Poland'', Sterling Publications, 1991. ISBN 81-207-1072-X.〔 * ''We Weren't Lovers Like That''. Penguin, May 2003. ISBN 0-14-302961-4. * ''The Book of Nanak'', Penguin, September 2003. ISBN 0-670-04978-6.〔(Navtej Sarna ) Penguin''.〕 * ''The Exile''. Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-08208-7. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Navtej Sarna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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