Well, I think popular answer to this question is resounding YES! That's what most of the kids (or should we say most of the Hindu kinds!) hear from their relatives, how Nehru blundered in Kashmir and how Sardar was someone who could have done better. And hence what PM Modi said in Parliament today (7-2-2018) about Sardar Patel and Kashmir might not even worth noticing, because that's what most of us have implicitly agreed upon. But that's half truth, as correctly remarked by Tharoor. Yes, Nehru committed the blunder by taking the question to UN. But Kashmir wouldn't have moved to India if it wouldn't have been for Kashmir. For detailed analysis, please read M.J. Akbar's 'Kashmir"Behind the Vale'. Yea, M.J. Akbar, who is in BJP and Minister of State for External Affairs, you read it correctly. Akbar builds up considerable evidence to show that Patel most likely had written off Kashmir. And Patel was simply being consistent. He most likely had thou
Guiding light for the philosopher is the consistency or non-self contradicting nature of arguments. This blog attempts to see the issues under consideration from the lens of consistency and contradiction. The objective is to point out inconsistencies and contradiction. Sometimes, I might suggest a possible improvement, but it is not an imperative.