IN FIRST RESPONSE TO AN INTRIGUING QUERY --- WHAT WAS NETAJI'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FREEDOM OF INDIA, AFTER ALL?

Amit Mukherjee Mahashay, I guess you have to read a whole lot of literature, that is, books on Netaji, written by those who have expounded on his seminal contribution to India's freedom and there are books galore on him which could be of information in this regard. Even the great historian Dr. R.C. Majumdar went on to say immediately after freedom was struck on 15 August, 1947 that Netaji's contribution to the eventual independence of India was no less than Gandhiji's and, perhaps, more than that of the Mahatma. I can go on at length on this issue but constraints of time will cut me short. However, it is refreshing to hear even this very radically opposed view of yours since it stimulates thinking and prevents blind adulation and following which is vital to the cause of the pursuit of truth in any discipline, else, perversion sets in polluting original intent and final fruition.
That said though, I sincerely feel you ought to have a greater exposure to detailed information about Netaji and the Indian independence movement and must not be handicapped by a mere cursory view of things, so that your understanding of Netaji's monumental contribution to India's attainment of freedom be clarified. Persistent reading without prejudice of the major works on Netaji and even more so, the very works of Netaji, will, I am sure, quicken in you that which is the essence of knowledge --- comprehension, nay, realisation.
These are seminal beings, the choice and master spirits of the age, the architects of human destiny, the movers of history about whom we have to be reverent, to begin with, if we wish to understand their lofty ideas and ideals for which they sacrificed their all which you or I do not, neither can. Therefore, we must avoid making sweeping statements about them in our ignorance which in our maturer wisdom we will wish we had never made, and that, I am sure you believe along with me, is the scientific method to adopt in making a study of men and events, the rational rigour to be followed in the balanced pursuit of truth.
If we are ever befriended online, I shall be happy to introduce you to many of my friends who are ardent admirers, devoted followers and committed conversationalists on Netaji. Then, I am sure, worthier men than me will dispel better the mist that covers your consciousness in so far as your proper appreciation of Netaji is concerned. I will also be then able to gradually articulate my own views, insignificant as they may be, on the issue of Subhas Chandra Bose's great escape from his motherland followed by his heroic return to lead the final assault that arguably brought us freedom. Till then, my friend, chew upon this and expedite the process of our interaction on issues as momentous as this through ease of online correspondence thus made available to both of us. Vande Mataram! Jay Hind!