WHO was the
real Nehru? The man playing the fool, seeing the
typically Indian humour in breaking quirky laws, or the
party animal? The champion of the non-aligned movement,
or the man who finds Ho Chi Minh's beard so interesting
that the startled revolutionary has to clutch President
Rajendra Prasad's arm for support? The prime minister
sharing a smoke with the British high commissioner's
wife, or frankly admiring the American President's, when
Jackie Kennedy came calling in 1960? Impetuous,
indiscreet, impromptu -- an uncommon man with an uncommon
zest for life.
WHO was the
real Nehru? The man playing the fool, seeing the
typically Indian humour in breaking quirky laws, or the
party animal? The champion of the non-aligned movement,
or the man who finds Ho Chi Minh's beard so interesting
that the startled revolutionary has to clutch President
Rajendra Prasad's arm for support? The prime minister
sharing a smoke with the British high commissioner's
wife, or frankly admiring the American President's, when
Jackie Kennedy came calling in 1960? Impetuous,
indiscreet, impromptu -- an uncommon man with an uncommon
zest for life.
