NETAJI, THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE LEADER OF INDIA

NETAJI, THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE LEADER OF INDIA 

Netaji seems to be acceptable to all of India. No other leader can claim such universal national acceptance. He has caught the pulse-beat of the nation like none else has. Netaji truly represents India in all its multifarious manifestations. From the civilian to the military man, all love and honour him. All others like Gandhi and Nehru were lopsided characters, one-track in their thinking on national issues. Netaji alone stood tall representing India's best traditions of civilian culture and martial glory, secular principles and high spirituality, all wedded together in a wonderful bouquet which he presented to his motherland as she made her way to self-expression and freedom. In fact, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh -- the entire Indian subcontinent owes its emancipation from colonial servitude to Netaji. Netaji fought for the liberation of an undivided India but circumstances deemed India's fate otherwise. Historical forces are hard to beat unless a united effort be made to do so. India, terribly divided along ideological lines and devoid of a unifying dictatorial hand forging unity, fell apart. A fractured independence is all that Netaji's valiant efforts led to but by then the hero had flown to an unknown destination and an shrouded destiny that awaited him.

Written by Sugata Bose