Menon takes Saran retirement plan

Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menons fate,post July 31,remains a suspense. Though there is a strong buzz that he would be accommodated in the Prime Ministers Office,he is learnt to be making arrangements to go for a two-month vacation. This is exactly what his predecessor Shyam Saran did he too had gone for a trek in Bhutan after retirement,to be named on his return as the Prime Ministers special envoy on the nuclear deal. Menons plans seem to be following the same path,and if all goes well,he may return as the Prime Ministers pointperson for Indias neighbourhood.