<p>Author Daman Singh, daughter of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Saturday said she failed to understand why people label her father as "silent" and revealed she was coming up with a collection of "everything" he said in the last 10 years.<br /><br />"One of the comments that comes up over and over again is 'what a silent man he is'. This is something which I have not really understood completely.<br /><br />"These days, I am putting together a collection of everything my father said in the last 10 years," Daman Singh said at a discussion on her book "Strictly Personal:<br /><br /> Manmohan and Gursharan" at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here.<br />The book traces the journey of the former prime minister and his wife from the 1930s to 2004.<br /><br />Describing the contents of the collection, Daman said it includes his speeches -- both extempore and prepared -- as well as records of his interactions with the media.<br /><br />"There are about 800 speeches which run into about 5,000 pages. These are both extempore and prepared speeches on all sorts of occasions.<br /><br /> They also include about 80 interactions with the members of the media in which people were absolutely free to ask him whatever they wished.</p>.<p><br />"These are both in India and abroad, on all kinds of occasions. There is a record of all the questions and there is a record of all the answers," Daman Singh said.<br /><br />Defending her father, she said Manmohan Singh always answered queries from the media during his travels in India and abroad.</p>.<p><br />"So I should also point out that every time my father travelled, he always had a team of media people who accompanied him. He always had many press conferences, either on the way in or on the way out.<br /><br />"Honestly, I don't really understand why people label him as silent," she said.<br /></p>
<p>Author Daman Singh, daughter of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Saturday said she failed to understand why people label her father as "silent" and revealed she was coming up with a collection of "everything" he said in the last 10 years.<br /><br />"One of the comments that comes up over and over again is 'what a silent man he is'. This is something which I have not really understood completely.<br /><br />"These days, I am putting together a collection of everything my father said in the last 10 years," Daman Singh said at a discussion on her book "Strictly Personal:<br /><br /> Manmohan and Gursharan" at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here.<br />The book traces the journey of the former prime minister and his wife from the 1930s to 2004.<br /><br />Describing the contents of the collection, Daman said it includes his speeches -- both extempore and prepared -- as well as records of his interactions with the media.<br /><br />"There are about 800 speeches which run into about 5,000 pages. These are both extempore and prepared speeches on all sorts of occasions.<br /><br /> They also include about 80 interactions with the members of the media in which people were absolutely free to ask him whatever they wished.</p>.<p><br />"These are both in India and abroad, on all kinds of occasions. There is a record of all the questions and there is a record of all the answers," Daman Singh said.<br /><br />Defending her father, she said Manmohan Singh always answered queries from the media during his travels in India and abroad.</p>.<p><br />"So I should also point out that every time my father travelled, he always had a team of media people who accompanied him. He always had many press conferences, either on the way in or on the way out.<br /><br />"Honestly, I don't really understand why people label him as silent," she said.<br /></p>