A World View on The Netaji

mora It is not well known that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee played a pivotal role in getting whatever little recognition our government accords to Subhas Chandra Bose today. As far as back as Pandit Nehru's time, Vajpayee showed keen interest in the controversy surrounding Netaji's disappearance. In the late 1960s he supported the ef forts mounted by Prof Samar Guha to settle this issue as well as make the ungrateful government acknowledge the role played by Netaji to make India free. In Parliament, Vajpayee was often seen sitting with Guha and Amiya Nath Bose, Netaji's nephew. During the Emergency, Vajpayee and LK Advani were locked up in the same jail as Guha, who, as per Advani's recollections, used to talk about Bose all the time. Post Emergency, Vajpayee became India's foreign minister. Making good use of his contacts in the Janata government, Guha managed to do much for Netaji's legacy. His efforts, for instance, led to the unveiling