Haze and Mist

 Without meaning to be , I can't help being sentimental when it comes to Nehru's legacy, his family - taken forward by Indira, his only daughter. All because of what? Power? Genuine nationalism? I am not sure, because both are drugs as it is apparent.  Let's imagine Pandit J. M. Nehru's choices for a while so as to see him in the best light.  The only male heir of the great Motilal , JMN could have chosen differently. Motilal Nehru was the only lawyer of Indian ethnicity who was so competent that he was invited by the British bar to argue before the privy council. He was a highly successful advocate practicing in the Alahabad court. His life style was completely Western before the 1919 massacre at Jalianwala. That had a tremendous impact on him and under Gandhi's influence he burned his English clothing and became a Khadi clad Congressman.  His son, Jawaharlal, was a proper British barrister, having attended the inner temple. He was called to the bar in 1912 and so ...

 The crematorium of the Hindus and the graveyard for Mohammedans were within four walls in Panjim. Dead bodies of men and women who believed themselves to be either Hindus or Muslimeen while they were alive were carried through the same grilled gate which led to either/or Hindu/Muslim side. A low wall about five feet high separated the world's two tall faiths — smashan to the right hand and the qabristan to the left. The right wing was larger in area. There was an open courtyard with a high canopied pavilion under which were two raised platforms. There the bodies were cremated. The Muslims buried their dead. The space for the Hindu was more and the Muslim, less. The logic behind this arrangement was difficult to understand. Hindus cremated one body at a time, and after it turned to ashes, the ashes were collected and taken away, making the space available for the next dead person.  The Muslims however, buried their dead and kept them there to decompose in the grave. Therefor...