Self deception: India, China policies; Origins, premises, lessons

Language: English
Pages: 400

About The Book
What were the premises that led Pandit Nehru to ignore all warnings,
suppress all evidence and mislead himself vis-a-vis China? How did
Chou En-lai fool him?
Are our policies today any different? Are China's moves and motives
vis-a-vis India any different? How does China look at us?
Till just thirty years ago, China and India were at par. How wide is the
chasm that has developed since? What does it portend for the future?
Has a reaction set in to China's aggressiveness? What must we do to put
it to work?
Vital questions. An unnerving account by ARUN SHOURIE, one of
the leading voices in our public life and discourse.
Contents

1Bal chhutkyo bandhan padey ...1

2Wish as policy24

3'We may have deceived ourselves38

4The policy is set59

5Anxieties are brushed aside78

6A satisfying tutorial108

7Carried away118

8'Two miles this side or two miles that side'143

9'You didn't even know we were building a road ... '170

10Prelude207

11'These are not excuses, but merely facts'243

12The avalanche260

13A roundabout thesis278

14The chasm289

15Putting our hopes in inevitability?316

16Shilpa Shetty trumps Arunachal, again332

17Understanding them, understanding what they think themselves and us to be341

18Bal hoa bandhan chhutey ...359

Index384



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