adharma. Rama...would have used his bow against the 'Asura' rulers of Gujarat.". His son, S Jaishankar, serves the same Govt. Honours and awards Subrahmanyam declined the Indian government honour of a Padma Bhushan in 1999, stating that bureaucrats and journalists should not accept government awards. A festschrift in honour of Subrahmanyam, with essays by Indian and American policy experts, academics and journalists, was published in 2004 to mark his 75th birthday. Always an influential Indian media figure, he was featured in India Today magazine's 'High & Mighty' listing in 2006. The IDSA instituted an annual 'K Subrahmanyam Award' for contributions to Strategic Affairs in 2007 and held a memorial lecture in 2021. On 11 November 2005, speaking on the 40th anniversary of IDSA's founding, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh singled out Subrahmanyam for his achievements, saying: Personal life At an early age, he was married to Sulochana, a lady of his own community and similar family background, in a match arranged by their parents. They had three sons; IAS officer S Vijay Kumar, Indian diplomat and Foreign Minister (from 2019) S Jaishankar, historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam, and a daughter, Sudha Subrahmanyam. Subrahmanyam was on board the Indian Airlines Flight 421 on 24 August 1984 when the plane was hijacked to Lahore, Pakistan and onward to Dubai where all passengers were released without incident. Interestingly, the arrested hijackers later claimed in court that it was Subrahmanyam who "planned the entire hijacking to examine nuclear installations in Pakistan." See also International relations Nuclear power in India S. Jaishankar Sanjay Subrahmanyam References Further reading Kumaraswamy, P R (2004). Security Beyond Survival, Essays in honour of K Subrahmanyam. SAGE. Kargil Review Committee (2000). From Surprise to Reckoning: The Kargil Review Committee Report. SAGE. Subrahmanyam, K (1986). "India and the Nuclear Challenge". Lancer and Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses External links The Legend that is K. Subrahmanyam, by BG Verghese. Review of Engaging Security: The Legacy of K Subrahmanyam P V Narasimha Rao and the Bomb, by K Subrahmanyam Elimination or Irrelevance, Arms Control Today, 2008 Partnership in a Balance of Power System, by K Subrahmanyam Recommendations of the Kargil Review Committee Indian Nuclear Doctrine 1929 births Indian political journalists Academic staff of the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge 2011 deaths Writers from Tiruchirappalli Journalists from Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian journalists Indian Administrative Service officers Hijacking survivors