Swapan Dasgupta
It is not very often that relations between India and another country gets the attention of Parliament
Examines the legal and political storm over the private papers of India’s first prime minister and why they remain at the heart of a battle for legacy and control
In his well researched book, scholar and author Uttam Sinha brings out in fascinating detail how senior Cabinet minister N V Gadgil differed with Jawaharlal Nehru over the giving Pakistan too much leeway in sharing river waters after the 1947-48 war. Extracts follow:
VK Krishna Menon’s victory in the 1962 North Bombay election resulted in India’s military defeat later that year. It is a warning for Parliament and government today