Giving insights to Nehru's views on China, the diary of G Parthasarathi, India's ambassador to China in 1958, which has never been published before has revealed the Indian premier was extremely wary of the country and thought that Beijing had "deliberately chosen to be anti-Indian".
Notes made by Parthasarathi reveal that Nehru did not trust the country despite the Panchsheel agreement. The notes were made after the late diplomat met Nehru for a briefing prior to his assignment in China in 1958.
"So,GP ,when has the foreign office told you Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai? Don't you believe it. I don't trust the Chinese one bit, despite Panchsheel and all that. The Chinese are arrogant, devious, hypocritical and thoroughly unreliable," the diary entry says,quoting Nehru during the meeting on March 18, 1958.
The diary entries have been made public for the first time by his son, Ashok Parthasarathi, who was the Science Advisor to late PM Indira Gandhi, in an article in the Defence and Security Alert (DSA) magazine.
The diary records in detail the final briefing the diplomat received from Nehru at his Teen Murti residence. "They have deliberately chosen to be anti-India.Your brief fromme, therefore, is to be extremely vigilant about all Chinese intentions, policies and actions towards us," the entry quotes Nehru as saying.
The diary also brings out the rift between Nehru and his defence minister on how to handle China that had embarked on a major defence modernisation drive. Exposing the mistrust,the entry quotes Nehru as saying that Menon should be bypassed in all communication regarding China.
"All your telegrams should be marked `Top Secret' and sent to me alone.You should be especially careful to see that Krishna does not see your telegrams. You should be very careful in your meetings and discussions with Krishna," Nehru is quoted as saying.
Nehru said while he and Menon shared a common world view, the latter allowed his "thinking and assessments to be clouded on the matter of our relations with China merely because China is Communist country".
Ashok said the diary has been made public to show the Indian polity that even Nehru was wary of China even after the Panchsheel accord. "Chinese are back to their games of incursions on the border. They are going to continue this as the government doesn't want to annoy them. I had the note for a long time but thought this was the right time to make Nehru's views public," he said.
Courtesy :msn
Saturday, January 23, 2010
World should take lessons from India's work in Afghan
India's development efforts in Afghanistan provide "more bang per buck" and the international community should take some lessons from it, British High Commissioner Richard Stagg said in New Delhi on Friday.
His remarks come ahead of the London Conference, convened by Afghanistan, the UK and the United Nations on January 28, to coordinate global reconstruction efforts in the strife-torn country.
"India's reconstruction programme in Afghanistan has more impact per dollar than other international efforts. This is probably what we can learn from India," Stagg said.
He noted that the Indian efforts were more focussed on the civilian sector while international thrust was more on the military side.
Stagg said the European Union had plans to spend $ 1.3 billion on development programmes in Afghanistan this year.
However, he said that Indian efforts were "very underknown and undervalued", and expected External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to tell the London Conference what India was doing in Afghanistan.
"It is an opportunity for minister Krishna to tell what India is doing, why it matters and some of his perspectives on why the Indian approach is the one we must think about adopting ourselves," Stagg said.
Asked whether Britain had made any request to India to train the Afghan National Army, he said no such request was made.
Stagg said India could play an important role in any regional framework to stabilise Afghanistan.
At the same time, he said Britain believed that Russia , Iran, China need to be involved in supporting a settlement in Afghanistan.
"They all have the capacity to make a resolution for Afghanistan... We need to be sure that they are part of a regional framework," the high commissioner said.
He said Afghan President Hamid Karzai's "credible and coherent" view for Afghanistan needs to be backed by the international community.
Ministers from more than 60 countries are expected to attend the London conference on January 28 and announce fresh commitments for reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Courtest :rediff.
There is only one country in this world that hates the the humanitarian work that India is doing in Afghanistan.And there is no need for me to explicitly name that country here.Every body knows that failed state!
His remarks come ahead of the London Conference, convened by Afghanistan, the UK and the United Nations on January 28, to coordinate global reconstruction efforts in the strife-torn country.
"India's reconstruction programme in Afghanistan has more impact per dollar than other international efforts. This is probably what we can learn from India," Stagg said.
He noted that the Indian efforts were more focussed on the civilian sector while international thrust was more on the military side.
Stagg said the European Union had plans to spend $ 1.3 billion on development programmes in Afghanistan this year.
However, he said that Indian efforts were "very underknown and undervalued", and expected External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to tell the London Conference what India was doing in Afghanistan.
"It is an opportunity for minister Krishna to tell what India is doing, why it matters and some of his perspectives on why the Indian approach is the one we must think about adopting ourselves," Stagg said.
Asked whether Britain had made any request to India to train the Afghan National Army, he said no such request was made.
Stagg said India could play an important role in any regional framework to stabilise Afghanistan.
At the same time, he said Britain believed that Russia , Iran, China need to be involved in supporting a settlement in Afghanistan.
"They all have the capacity to make a resolution for Afghanistan... We need to be sure that they are part of a regional framework," the high commissioner said.
He said Afghan President Hamid Karzai's "credible and coherent" view for Afghanistan needs to be backed by the international community.
Ministers from more than 60 countries are expected to attend the London conference on January 28 and announce fresh commitments for reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Courtest :rediff.
There is only one country in this world that hates the the humanitarian work that India is doing in Afghanistan.And there is no need for me to explicitly name that country here.Every body knows that failed state!
Family of Mahatma’s saviour in dire straits
“If it weren’t for Batak Mian, India’s history would have been different…,” reads a letter written by actor Farooq Sheikh to his family in 1996.
Sheikh was acknowledging the nation’s debt to an unsung hero.
Everyone remembers Nathu Ram Godse, the man who killed Mahatma Gandhi. But people know little of the cook who saved the Mahatma’s life. A resident of Motihari district in Bihar, Batak Mian saved Gandhi from being poisoned in 1917.
It happened when Gandhi, relatively unknown then, visited Motihari — then the headquarters of Champaran district, 160 km northwest of Patna — to probe the appaling condition of indigo planters. The Champaran agitation was his first in India.
According to the book Champaran ke Swatantatra Senani (Freedom Fighters of Champaran), Erwin (only one name is available), a British manager of an indigo plantation, invited Gandhi to dinner and told his cook, Batak Mian, to serve him poisoned milk. Batak Mian took the glass to Gandhi but revealed the plot. Dr Rajendra Prasad, later India’s first president, was a witness.
Batak Mian’s patriotism cost him. “The manager tortured, jailed our grandfather, turned our house into a crematorium and drove us out of the village,” said Aslam Ansari (45), Batak Mian’s grandson.
On a visit to Motihari in 1950, Prasad ordered that Batak Mian’s family be allotted 24 acres of land. “For years, he ran pillar to post in the hope of getting the land,” said Allauddin Ansari (55), another grandson.
Batak Mian died in 1957. Six decades later, his grandchildren live in penury. “We are hoping against hope,” said Zahid Ansari, another of his grandsons, unbundling files carrying documents of their communication with government agencies.
Courtesy :hindustantimes.
Our memory is very short!
We don't give respect to current heroes,like our Jawans who gets martyred In J&K and all.When that is the case,what to think of old heroes...hmm
Sheikh was acknowledging the nation’s debt to an unsung hero.
Everyone remembers Nathu Ram Godse, the man who killed Mahatma Gandhi. But people know little of the cook who saved the Mahatma’s life. A resident of Motihari district in Bihar, Batak Mian saved Gandhi from being poisoned in 1917.
It happened when Gandhi, relatively unknown then, visited Motihari — then the headquarters of Champaran district, 160 km northwest of Patna — to probe the appaling condition of indigo planters. The Champaran agitation was his first in India.
According to the book Champaran ke Swatantatra Senani (Freedom Fighters of Champaran), Erwin (only one name is available), a British manager of an indigo plantation, invited Gandhi to dinner and told his cook, Batak Mian, to serve him poisoned milk. Batak Mian took the glass to Gandhi but revealed the plot. Dr Rajendra Prasad, later India’s first president, was a witness.
Batak Mian’s patriotism cost him. “The manager tortured, jailed our grandfather, turned our house into a crematorium and drove us out of the village,” said Aslam Ansari (45), Batak Mian’s grandson.
On a visit to Motihari in 1950, Prasad ordered that Batak Mian’s family be allotted 24 acres of land. “For years, he ran pillar to post in the hope of getting the land,” said Allauddin Ansari (55), another grandson.
Batak Mian died in 1957. Six decades later, his grandchildren live in penury. “We are hoping against hope,” said Zahid Ansari, another of his grandsons, unbundling files carrying documents of their communication with government agencies.
Courtesy :hindustantimes.
Our memory is very short!
We don't give respect to current heroes,like our Jawans who gets martyred In J&K and all.When that is the case,what to think of old heroes...hmm
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