In my post of the 7th of November I wrote about Hindi being imposed on Indians by the Nehru government to which a reader has said that Nehru wanted to introduce 'Hindistani', whatever that is, but was contstrained by political compulsions. The reader must be young and is having to rely on cold facts of history but I was in school at the time and can assure him that Nehru was an emperor. He had total control and could and did whatever he liked without let or hindrance. He handed over Berubari, a village in West Bengal, to Pakistan in return of which the Pakis have repeatedly attacked us and continue terrorism to this day. He refused the offer of a seat on the UN Security Council preferring to give to China which has been the biggest enemy of India. To this day the Chinese occupy over 50000 square miles of Indian territory and are demanding Arunachal Pradesh. He claimed to be non aligned but cosied up to the Soviets against the free world. He built a licence/permit raj, so corrupt that you needed an official permit to buy a bag of cement. He was educated in England but was blind to the fact that education is compulsory till the age of sixteen in the UK. History can give you facts and statistics but cannot show the extent of trust that the people had in Nehru, a trust which he betrayed. When he died his ashes were scattered all over the country prompting Ram Manohar Lohia to remark that he had 'cash for his family, ash for the country and gas for the world.' History.