BS Raghavan:
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Next morning, his PA (Seshan) called me saying PM wanted me to see him at 4PM. Nehru offered me tea n spoke for half an hour...Seshan interpreted this memorable gesture as Nehru's way of saying sorry for losing his temper in the morning.
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lolz.
Next morning, his PA (Seshan) called me saying PM wanted me to see him at 4PM. Nehru offered me tea n spoke for half an hour...Seshan interpreted this memorable gesture as Nehru's way of saying sorry for losing his temper in the morning.
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lolz.
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How come with Nehru at helm, India missed so many buses? He had such unchallenged power that he c/hv taken country in any direction he wanted.
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He did - he was overlord for 12 yrs - n result is India of 1960's thru 1980's - good, bad, n ugly..!
How come with Nehru at helm, India missed so many buses? He had such unchallenged power that he c/hv taken country in any direction he wanted.
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He did - he was overlord for 12 yrs - n result is India of 1960's thru 1980's - good, bad, n ugly..!
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For all his acute sensitivity n direct experience of colonial oppression, Nehru could never muster sufficient will to direct a determined n sustained attack on system with atrocious anachronisms..negating very concept of openness n freedom for which he fought all his life.
For all his acute sensitivity n direct experience of colonial oppression, Nehru could never muster sufficient will to direct a determined n sustained attack on system with atrocious anachronisms..negating very concept of openness n freedom for which he fought all his life.
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It is a tragedy he..s/hv left so much unfinished business in a sphere so intimately connected with individual liberties: protection of privacy, openness of govt, safeguards agnst misuse of their powers by intelligence n investigative agencies.
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he was master of realpolitik!
It is a tragedy he..s/hv left so much unfinished business in a sphere so intimately connected with individual liberties: protection of privacy, openness of govt, safeguards agnst misuse of their powers by intelligence n investigative agencies.
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he was master of realpolitik!
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Nehru also let his half-baked socialist susceptibilities n prejudice agnst capitalist USA to get better of him to detriment of India. He c/hv maintained policy of non-alignment n equidistance btwn 2 power blocs w/o rubbing US on wrong side so often n to such little purpose.
Nehru also let his half-baked socialist susceptibilities n prejudice agnst capitalist USA to get better of him to detriment of India. He c/hv maintained policy of non-alignment n equidistance btwn 2 power blocs w/o rubbing US on wrong side so often n to such little purpose.
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BSR:
What I recorded in my notes immediately after I left his presence is not a verbatim reproduction of what he said, but is something close to it:
BSR:
What I recorded in my notes immediately after I left his presence is not a verbatim reproduction of what he said, but is something close to it:
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Behind that charming face, was Nehru really an artful politician?
Thus, was Kamaraj Plan his crafty way of getting rid of inconvenient colleagues who had grown too big for their shoes?
Did he use LBS as a clever decoy in putting plan thru, only to bring him back later?
Behind that charming face, was Nehru really an artful politician?
Thus, was Kamaraj Plan his crafty way of getting rid of inconvenient colleagues who had grown too big for their shoes?
Did he use LBS as a clever decoy in putting plan thru, only to bring him back later?
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Did he legitimise corruption by quietly turning a Nelson's eye to unsavoury methods of fundraising that had already begun to be adopted by many Congress leaders?
These questions are sometimes asked, but I think they are a waste of time.
- BS Raghavan
Did he legitimise corruption by quietly turning a Nelson's eye to unsavoury methods of fundraising that had already begun to be adopted by many Congress leaders?
These questions are sometimes asked, but I think they are a waste of time.
- BS Raghavan
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