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
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
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
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
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
Last of the Glittering Tribe. Curzon left behind a Lore, Nehru a Legend.”
2) When the formation of Interim government was taken up in August 1946, under the guidance of Gandhi, Congress Working Committee preferred with full majority Sardar V. Patel as Prime Minister as they felt
2) When the formation of Interim government was taken up in August 1946, under the guidance of Gandhi, Congress Working Committee preferred with full majority Sardar V. Patel as Prime Minister as they felt
he was the “Iron Man with his feet firmly planted on earth.”
3) But, when Gandhi’s choice became Nehru as PM, Durga Das asked him as to why he preferred Nehru. Gandhiji with a laughter replies, “Jawahar is the only Englishman in my camp!” And then added: He will make India play
3) But, when Gandhi’s choice became Nehru as PM, Durga Das asked him as to why he preferred Nehru. Gandhiji with a laughter replies, “Jawahar is the only Englishman in my camp!” And then added: He will make India play
a role in international affairs.
Sardar will look after country’s affairs. They will be two Oxen yoked to the Government Cart.
4) When Das mentions it to Rajendra Prasad he tells, “…Gandhi had once again sacrificed his trusted lieutenant for the sake of ‘the glamorous Nehru’.”
Sardar will look after country’s affairs. They will be two Oxen yoked to the Government Cart.
4) When Das mentions it to Rajendra Prasad he tells, “…Gandhi had once again sacrificed his trusted lieutenant for the sake of ‘the glamorous Nehru’.”
The following record mirrors the roles played by him when he writes: “I was a witness at very close quarters of this pulsating drama, the ebb and flow of the struggle for freedom. I know intimately the men and women who shared its hazards and rewards. Twas bliss to be alive in
those stirring times.”
Here's Nehru's words for defeat against China and Reaction by Durgadas, pretty long thread, but you will realise the cowardice of 1st PM.
1) I remember many a time when our senior generals came to us, and wrote to the defence ministry saying that they
Here's Nehru's words for defeat against China and Reaction by Durgadas, pretty long thread, but you will realise the cowardice of 1st PM.
1) I remember many a time when our senior generals came to us, and wrote to the defence ministry saying that they
wanted certain things...
2) If we had had foresight, known exactly what would happen, we would have done something else... what India has learnt from the Chinese invasion is that in the world of today there is no place for weak nations... We have been living in an unreal world
2) If we had had foresight, known exactly what would happen, we would have done something else... what India has learnt from the Chinese invasion is that in the world of today there is no place for weak nations... We have been living in an unreal world
of our own creation."
The above was said by Nehru at Rajyasabha in 1963.
3) Instead of "I", Nehru used the collective "we", a clear indication of his reluctance to own up his own mistakes as a man.
"The fact of the matter is that Nehru felt a gnawing of conscience throughout
The above was said by Nehru at Rajyasabha in 1963.
3) Instead of "I", Nehru used the collective "we", a clear indication of his reluctance to own up his own mistakes as a man.
"The fact of the matter is that Nehru felt a gnawing of conscience throughout
this episode.
4) He knew that the blame for the disaster was more his than that of his loyal friend [defence minister V K Krishna Menon]," says journalist and historian Durga Das.
A tweet from @tathagata2 quoting from same book
Veteran journalist Durga Das,in his "India: From
4) He knew that the blame for the disaster was more his than that of his loyal friend [defence minister V K Krishna Menon]," says journalist and historian Durga Das.
A tweet from @tathagata2 quoting from same book
Veteran journalist Durga Das,in his "India: From
Curzon to Nehru and After" (Rupa,2009,p.384) echoes Mukhopadhyay and says of Nehru "He did not understand economics,nor did he bother to face facts. He wove fantasies around his ideals". Hence #HindiChiniBhaiBhai
My earlier tweet about Nehru becoming PM denying Sardar finds
My earlier tweet about Nehru becoming PM denying Sardar finds
endorsement in @HindolSengupta s Biography "The Man Who Saved India" and quotes DurgaDas
But why did Gandhi endorse Nehru over Patel, be it for the position of party president and later to lead free India? The answer is long, but @HindolSengupta provides a succinct answer by
But why did Gandhi endorse Nehru over Patel, be it for the position of party president and later to lead free India? The answer is long, but @HindolSengupta provides a succinct answer by
quoting journalist Durga Das, who asked Gandhi the question in 1946. Gandhi’s reply: “Jawahar will not take second place. He is better known abroad than Sardar and will make India play a role in international affairs. Sardar will look after the country’s affairs.
They will be
They will be
like two oxen yoked to the government cart. One will need the other and both will pull together.”.
Durga Das who was born in 1900, passed away on this day in 1974, at the least @nytimes had a sense to pay homage for the veteran journalist.
DUNA DAS DEAD; INDIAN NEWSMAN
Durga Das who was born in 1900, passed away on this day in 1974, at the least @nytimes had a sense to pay homage for the veteran journalist.
DUNA DAS DEAD; INDIAN NEWSMAN
nytimes.com…/durga-das-dead-indian-newsman-chr…
In 2003, the NDA Government brought out a commemorative stamp in honour of Durga Das, in recognition of his great services to India and the world at large.
I saved this piece for the last, Durgadas In a ten-page
In 2003, the NDA Government brought out a commemorative stamp in honour of Durga Das, in recognition of his great services to India and the world at large.
I saved this piece for the last, Durgadas In a ten-page
Epilogue, he ends with this destiny:
“Gandhi & Patel carved out a destiny for themselves and the country; Nehru was the child of destiny; Shastri was thrown up by destiny; Indira is an instrument of destiny. What that destiny is the late seventies may reveal.”
“Gandhi & Patel carved out a destiny for themselves and the country; Nehru was the child of destiny; Shastri was thrown up by destiny; Indira is an instrument of destiny. What that destiny is the late seventies may reveal.”
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