Sunday, May 25, 2008

Their Sacrifices: A Chapter from Tomorrow's Textbooks

Arun ShourieIn the beginning was a foreigner. He founded the Congress.Then, no one did anything till the Nehru-Nehru (Father and Son) Family stepped forth. They firmly stamped the history of India with the twin features that characterise it in the first half of the 20th century: everything they did was a sacrifice, no one else made any sacrifices.With the passing of the Father, the Son became the