A COMPLIMENTARY NOTE ON A FRIEND (UTPAL AICH), A DEDICATED AMATEUR RESEARCHER ON NETAJI, WHO TAKES A LOOK BACK INTO THE PERFIDIES OF THE PAST

The problem is that few do sufficient research as you, my learned friend, are inclined to doing. Hence, neither is this Nehruvian blasphemy of Indian history exposed well enough nor are there effective relay-runners for the course who will keep up research and analysis thereof in the right direction for the resurrection of the true history of the freedom struggle. I guess this is our national predicament and you are quite an exception to this general and, I dare say, universal trend in India. Your painstaking research and reading are quite a departure from this common practice and we are, therefore, indebted to your labour of love for our easy illumination as to many a perfidy that has been perpetrated by the so-called patriots of our country, the premier politicians of the day who have buried the prince of patriots beneath the debris of the war (WW II) and the peace that followed and, so, buried the motherland's best hopes for a resurgence that would have after all brought in the human renaissance so cherished by these leaders of men.

Alas, such a turn of events did not take place, for, by human action, the natural course of historical evolution was for the time being thwarted and human development impeded thus in India and in effect the world around by this malefic attempt to obscure Netaji and the revolutionary movement from the horizons of history! But when I see a mere mortal like you, my friend, with supreme commitment born out of supernal love for the hero rise to the occasion and keep delving the dust-laden shelves of libraries and archives to discover the truth with a single-minded passion, with a zeal that would do a missionary proud, I feel relieved at the thought that all, perhaps, is not lost as yet and more like you, inspired by your lead, will come to the fore and lay bare the facts of history which comrades and colleagues, friends and foes, and the exigencies of the times have conspired to conceal, nay, obliterate for good from the annals of what would otherwise have been the golden period of the Indian recovery.
I am an ignorant person and may only write my appreciation of your erudition in the subject in effusive terms as is my wont but let me tell you that you are, my friend, the cause of much triggering of interest in this seemingly dead cause which, though, through your efforts and a like labour of kindred souls like you, is coming back to life and increased discussions, even if trite, are keeping the flame of interest alive which can only augur well for future research to unravel fresher truths about this best-concealed and worst-chronicled document of our national rebirth. We all owe you a debt of gratitude to you for your diligent research day in and day out which ought to be a pointer to us all as to how historical study must be conducted in a disciplined and scientific manner without rancorous disputations with adversaries or embittered vilification of opponents harbouring a variant view but always with a calm composure and a quiet dispassion that is the hallmark of the scholar par excellence. May the blessings of the martyrs for freedom be on you and may you be endowed with the wondrous vision of the truths you seek to unravel! I shall in my humble capacity as your ardent reader be only too delighted to serve your cause, which is our national cause as well, in any manner that you deem fit for me. With best wishes to you and your large and extended national family among which even myself am a member, I remain your ardent admirer and co-pilgrim in this voyage of discovery of the treasures of our historical past, the annals of our freedom struggle and of the life and times of its patriot perennial, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Jai Hind!