Hubris
Among the freedom fighters, Dr Rajendra Prasad had about the best academic record (barring Dr Ambedkar). He did his MA in Economics from the University of Calcutta. Impressed by his answers, an examiner had once commented on his answer sheet “examinee is better than examiner”. He served as a professor...
Apart from dragging its feet in instituting an enquiry into Netaji’s death, manipulating the enquiry report (Blunder#112), being hostile to INA (Blunder#114), and not recognising Netaji for Bharat Ratna (Blunder#111), Nehru’s Government had been so hostile that in 1947 it refused to put up Netaji’s portrait in the Parliament House....
Brigadier (Retd.) BN Sharma narrates an episode in his book ‘India Betrayed’ which is upsetting : The author, then a young boy, lived in Shri Gandhi Ashram, Meerut, where his uncle was General Secretary. Nehru was to come to Meerut to deliver an election speech for Provincial Assembly Elections of...
Savarkar’s case is unique, shocking, and painful for all patriots, and well- meaning people. He suffered the most and brutally in the British jails (Kaalapani). As if that was not enough, independent India under Nehru again threw him into jail by framing a false case, and defamed him! What did Savarkar...
Please check Blunder#5, Blunder#59, and Blunder#111 above to know more about Gopinath Bordoloi, and Bordoloi-Nehru tiff. People often do not appreciate that one of the reasons that a state like Assam is in India today is due to the courageous stand of Gopinath Bordoloi, the first Chief Minister of Assam, who...
