Was Nehru Bad for India?

Picture this...a nation that has consistently denied its army - training and equipment, and a nation that has recently emerged from the searing event of being cleaved into three pieces.

And now add to this a nation with a half-clad army faced with a much stronger, well-equipped enemy on the icy mountain heights of the himalayas. What should a leader do? a) Start stalling and building strength; b) Start talking to the enemy's enemy; c) Start a fight.

Correct answer - a and b.

What does this leader do?

i) He ignores his army, and promotes his incompetent cousin (Gen Kaul), and appoints another idiot friend of his to be the Defense Minister (Krishna Menon).
ii) He becomes a leader of the Non-Aligned Movement and thumbs his nose at the US and USSR, who are both hostile to the enemy.
iii) Orders 'Forward Patrols" to throw out the enemy.

Yes, he does everything backwards, and yes, I am talking about chacha Nehru and the Indo-China war. Of all the incompetent people India has had to deal with over the last 5000 years, he is way up there. People praise him for his vision...but don't get me started. That is a topic for another blog.

Not only does our great nation not fire him, but votes for his daughter, than his grandson, than his grandson's wife, and now his grandson's son. On top of that it names every stadium, road, etc etc after him. Are we gluttons for punishment or what?

I think Nov 14 is a holiday that is totally wasted on him. I would much rather take Jan 2 as a holiday instead...it takes at least 2 days to get out of the new year's eve bash hangover. Actually, if Indians really think that Nehru was a great man and want to honor him, a more appropriate holiday for him would be Feb 14 (Valentines Day). After all, we all know how amorous he was. Everyone knows about his fling with the Mountbatten's wife. I mean think about this...the leader of a straitlaced nation which absolutely believes in the sanctity of marriage, running around with a crush on his friend's wife. Sick!!