The Allegations are not new. We saw them sometime back going around facebook circuits. There was one post which showed a magazine clipping from Switzerland which noted that Rajeev Gandhi was one of the top depositors in Swiss Banks alongside dictators like Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi and Hosni Mubaraks. There were graphical details of Robert Vadra's expanding empire and he being the fastest billionaire of India.
Perhaps the less damaging was the one which revealed that Sonia and Rahul are still Italian citizens and that Rahul was expelled from Harvard and he got admission in St. Stephen's on Christian sportsperson (shooter) quota. (Thanks to Subramanian Swamy!)
Putting allegations on Gandhi-Nehru family is not new. Is perhaps a national pastime. Since my childhood I have been hearing conspiracy theories like Indira Gandhi being scared of Sanjay Gandhi and she stage managing his accident; Rajiv in turn got suspicious of Indira and got her killed. There are also theories that after the shootout; she could have been saved if she was taken to AIIMS which was supposed to be designated hospital for the Prime Minister. Sonia made the ambulance loose valuable time by forcing it to go in circles and reach LNJP hospital which proved fatal. We have heard of the excesses the Indira-Sanjay nexus did in India during the emergency. Going further back; Nehru's ambition and lust for power got us loose Pakistan. That is to say, if he had given in to Mohammed Ali Jinnah's ambition and lust for power; India and Pakistan could have remained unified under the able leadership of Jinnah.
There is a dilemma of judgement. Should I respect Ashoka as a great ruler of Ancient India? At the face of it, it looks yes. He was among the first to unify large parts of India. He adopted Buddhism and spread this peaceful religion of tolerance and calm to many parts of the world. But do these actions make him clean of the acts of violence and immense blood shed in Kalinga (Odisha) and elsewhere? If today I have to consider Ashoka as a great person overall; can the same analogy be put to our Gandhi family and say that whatever happened happened. If you do more good than evil for the nation; we will forgive and forget whatever you ventured into past.
Tajmahal was built by using forced labour which included lots of child labour. Many of the workers lost their limbs and eyesight due to the strenuous nature of work. Hands of the chief architect were chopped off so that he doesn't create another marvel. Should we still consider Taj Mahal a National Pride?
As more and more transparency comes into our system and media and new found awareness instill in our Indian Society; hopefully the Politicians of the ruling party and the non ruling party will get exposed. If we talk about corrupt people in Congress; we also know how our other leaders are. Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi, Mulayam, Mayawati, Lalu Prasad, Devegowda, Kumaraswamy, Jagan Mohan Reddy, Narendra Modi, Mamta Banerjee, Nitin Gadkari.. do any of them give us a better alternative? Nothing like it if we get an clean honest alternative to Congress. But if our expose operations make Indian republic topple like Libya, Iraq, Afganishtan; would you still support it?
Perhaps the less damaging was the one which revealed that Sonia and Rahul are still Italian citizens and that Rahul was expelled from Harvard and he got admission in St. Stephen's on Christian sportsperson (shooter) quota. (Thanks to Subramanian Swamy!)
Putting allegations on Gandhi-Nehru family is not new. Is perhaps a national pastime. Since my childhood I have been hearing conspiracy theories like Indira Gandhi being scared of Sanjay Gandhi and she stage managing his accident; Rajiv in turn got suspicious of Indira and got her killed. There are also theories that after the shootout; she could have been saved if she was taken to AIIMS which was supposed to be designated hospital for the Prime Minister. Sonia made the ambulance loose valuable time by forcing it to go in circles and reach LNJP hospital which proved fatal. We have heard of the excesses the Indira-Sanjay nexus did in India during the emergency. Going further back; Nehru's ambition and lust for power got us loose Pakistan. That is to say, if he had given in to Mohammed Ali Jinnah's ambition and lust for power; India and Pakistan could have remained unified under the able leadership of Jinnah.
There is a dilemma of judgement. Should I respect Ashoka as a great ruler of Ancient India? At the face of it, it looks yes. He was among the first to unify large parts of India. He adopted Buddhism and spread this peaceful religion of tolerance and calm to many parts of the world. But do these actions make him clean of the acts of violence and immense blood shed in Kalinga (Odisha) and elsewhere? If today I have to consider Ashoka as a great person overall; can the same analogy be put to our Gandhi family and say that whatever happened happened. If you do more good than evil for the nation; we will forgive and forget whatever you ventured into past.
Tajmahal was built by using forced labour which included lots of child labour. Many of the workers lost their limbs and eyesight due to the strenuous nature of work. Hands of the chief architect were chopped off so that he doesn't create another marvel. Should we still consider Taj Mahal a National Pride?
As more and more transparency comes into our system and media and new found awareness instill in our Indian Society; hopefully the Politicians of the ruling party and the non ruling party will get exposed. If we talk about corrupt people in Congress; we also know how our other leaders are. Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi, Mulayam, Mayawati, Lalu Prasad, Devegowda, Kumaraswamy, Jagan Mohan Reddy, Narendra Modi, Mamta Banerjee, Nitin Gadkari.. do any of them give us a better alternative? Nothing like it if we get an clean honest alternative to Congress. But if our expose operations make Indian republic topple like Libya, Iraq, Afganishtan; would you still support it?
