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“No PCC has put forward your name…only [a few members of] the working committee has.”
This remark of Gandhiji was met by Jawaharlal with “complete silence”.

IMAGINE! 20 Million Words & another half a million in shorthand for a book.
That was, DURGA DAS – The Journalist Nobody Image
Wants To Remember.

In order to know what a rare Journalist Durga Das was & the extraordinary role played by him in the country’s history during the stirring times, one has to read his 500-page wholly absorbing book (more his memoir) "India From Curzon To Nehru And After,"
first published in early 1969. The material for the book, according to Das, is based on his 20 million words of straight reporting, features, analysis and comments, besides half a million of words in the form of notes in shorthand.

Excerpts from the book....

Once MKG was
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DURGA DAS – The Journalist Nobody Wants To Remember

I'm posting this thread with lots of pain, because his personal history is completely erased, and do not miss the last 2 tweets.
He was a highly respected journalist, got retired as senior editor of @htTweets ,he established ImageImage
Press Council of India, now @PTI_News & INFA Publications.
His name was #DURGADAS
And everybody are shy in remembering him, let alone pay tributes on his death anniversary.
In order to know what a rare Journalist Durga Das was one has to read his 500-page fascinating,wholly
absorbing book ‘India From Curzon To Nehru And After,’ first published in 1969.
Since, not much is known about his personal life, I give you few of the Bharat Centric Information from his book.
Please Do Read.
1) “Lord Curzon was the First of the Viceroys of India, Nehru was the
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