The first is Menon’s own writing, which cannot be accused of being confessional. When historian Ramachandra Guha challenged him, Jaishankar, now a party politician, stuck to his guns.īasu’s account of Vappala Pangunni Menon’s life draws on two important sources. Jaishankar, who was an effective diplomat, cast aside the niceties of his earlier profession and said he “learned" about Nehru’s plan from the book. That they had differences of opinion is known. That Nehru and Patel were both giants of the freedom struggle is disputed only by the ignorant. Menon: The Unsung Architect Of Modern India, Narayani Basu’s biography of her great-grandfather, was published earlier this year, it attracted attention because of a melodramatic “revelation"-whether Jawaharlal Nehru wanted Vallabhbhai Patel in his cabinet or not. It is a sad reflection of our divisive time that when V.P.
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