Comments on: Was Nehru a Dictator? — Part 2 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/02/08/was-nehru-a-dictator-part-2/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pankaj http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/02/08/was-nehru-a-dictator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-114469 pankaj Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:58:51 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/02/08/was-nehru-a-dictator-part-2/#comment-114469 ashish got it right ,Leader's are like the people, they reflect the mentality and aspirations of the people ,Ultimately the ageless widom of "People get the rulers they deserve not what they desire" ashish got it right ,Leader’s are like the people, they reflect the mentality and aspirations of the people ,Ultimately the ageless widom of “People get the rulers they deserve not what they desire”

]]> By: ashish http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/02/08/was-nehru-a-dictator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-114423 ashish Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:58:51 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/02/08/was-nehru-a-dictator-part-2/#comment-114423 well meaning idiot. it is not Nehru's fault entirely if foolish Indians allow him to rule without question. saving grace: he did not make money out of it all, and, like his daughter, did not relish in destroying all fundamental democratic structures... well meaning idiot. it is not Nehru’s fault entirely if foolish Indians allow him to rule without question.

saving grace: he did not make money out of it all, and, like his daughter, did not relish in destroying all fundamental democratic structures…

]]> By: dipanjan http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/02/08/was-nehru-a-dictator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-114370 dipanjan Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:03:36 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/02/08/was-nehru-a-dictator-part-2/#comment-114370 He loved Islam and communism. Why would China or Pakistan ever be hostile to India? Makes perfect sense. You may already have come across this snippet of infinite wisdom, but it's worth a re-read. "we were tired men and we were getting on in years too. Few of us could stand the prospect of going to prison again - and if we had stood out for a united India as we wished it, prison obviously awaited us. We saw the fires burning in the Punjab and heard of the killings. The plan of Partition offered a way out and we took it. …We expected that Partition would be temporary, that Pakistan was bound to come back to us." --Nehru in an interview with Leonard Mosley, 1960 [The Last Days of British Raj, p-285] He loved Islam and communism. Why would China or Pakistan ever be hostile to India? Makes perfect sense.

You may already have come across this snippet of infinite wisdom, but it’s worth a re-read.

“we were tired men and we were getting on in years too. Few of us could stand the prospect of going to prison again – and if we had stood out for a united India as we wished it, prison obviously awaited us. We saw the fires burning in the Punjab and heard of the killings. The plan of Partition offered a way out and we took it. …We expected that Partition would be temporary, that Pakistan was bound to come back to us.” –Nehru in an interview with Leonard Mosley, 1960 [The Last Days of British Raj, p-285]

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