tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post2076230239735868786..comments2024-03-19T14:47:34.054+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: on the unimportance of gandhiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-13477934167414466352007-10-14T15:22:00.000+05:302007-10-14T15:22:00.000+05:30In my earlier comment I had mentioned "Sadly, the ...In my earlier comment I had mentioned "Sadly, the Japanese navy had already suffered a crippling defeat..." That's Sadly as for Gandhi, not sadly as for India. The Japanese occupation was extremely for the people in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Somebody I know, who was in the Air Force, was posted on a base in the Nicobar Islands, made friends with the locals, especially a couple of old timers. (There were still a lot of Japanese bunkers around the island, still in mint condition, but that was before the tsunami).These Nicobarese were very affable most of the time, but whenever my acquaintance mentioned the Japanese or Japan or their occupation, they would clam up in real, palpable fear.Wildcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570899579001125394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-70815365764226576322007-10-14T14:50:00.000+05:302007-10-14T14:50:00.000+05:30The Congressis, who tom-tom Gandhi's name to build...The Congressis, who tom-tom Gandhi's name to build their political careers, ought to thank Messrs. Hitler & Tojo for the alleged greatness of Gandhi in winning India freedom. No WWII and India's freedom movement would have had a different ending. I have long believed that the much touted Quit India movement was an on-the-spur gimmick of Gandhi to steal Subhash Bose's thunder. The ideas may have been to present the INA with a fait accompli even as the INA fought their way into India alongside the Japanese. Sadly, the Japanese navy had already suffered a crippling defeat in the battle of Midway and henceforth Japan would be only fighting a defensive war, just to hold on to the gains already made. Thus Gandhi's calculations went horribly wrong and a lot of young people went to their deaths in his ill-conceived movement.Wildcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570899579001125394noreply@blogger.com