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Glowing tribute

Sir, — This has reference to "Remembering Jawaharlal" (May 27). The Sino-Indian war of 1962 is generally regarded as a blot on Nehru's foreign policy. But viewed from a different angle, it would seem to be a glorious vindication of his policy of non-alignment.

Amid all the noise made during that troubled period, Nikita Khrushchev said the conflict was a quarrel between a "brother and a friend." "Brother" referred to China and India was the "friend." This was indeed a remarkable statement coming as it did from the top leader of a state that was then the bastion of world communism.

Had the war broken out 10 years earlier the Soviet Union would have probably denounced India, describing the conflict as a blatant act of Indian aggression.

G. Gururaj,
Chennai

Sir, — The article pays a glowing tribute to the all-time leader of the Indian masses. All efforts to underestimate his good deeds have been nullified by the return of the upholders of his legacy to power.

C.P. Velayudhan Nair,
Kochi, Kerala

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