What a genuine bonk, the Pandit. Thanks for being kind enough to mention the Card. Gracias.
Venantius J Pinto On 1/22/14, Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe Nehru and Moraes were not together in college, as Moares studied > at Oxford while Nehru at Cambridge, both bitter rivals in academic and > sports field. > Having read both Moraes' book on Nehru, I don't remember the details. I > wish Eric would provide page number at the name of the book, since Moraes > wrote Nehru: A Biography, and his second book, Sunlight and Shadow. > Moraes did support the army going into Goa, as did Cardinal Gracias. It's > alleged that Nehru called up Frank and showed his displeasure with Dom's > (Frank's spon) writing in London Times (I think) about India's takeover of > Goa. Dom was critical of India. > I read the piece but, if I remember correctly, Dom in that piece or later > said he will never visit India. Mind you, Dom never came to India for long > but decided to settle down in India in his latter years on advice from > Stepen Spender, Frank's friend. > It was alleged that Menon wanted to marry Vijaylakshmi Pandit, sister of > Nehru, but Nehru put his foot down saying he doesn't want his sister to > marry a Malaysee brahmin. It this story is true or not but, I think, > Nehru's secretary, MO Mathai's book, alleges or gives a clue to this story. > This was told to me by a journalist who knew Nehru. I didn't read Mathai's > book because it was banned in India. > > eugene >