India Wants To Avoid A War At

We Couldn't Be Everywhere, We Couldn't See Everything, And It Was Inevitable That Some Things Would Escape Us.

Muslim Women Had To Go Out In Purdah, That Heavy Sheet That Covers Even The Eyes. Hindu Women Had To Go Out In The Doli, A Kind Of Closed Sedan Chair Like A Catafalque. My Mother Always Told Me About These Things With Bitterness And Rage.

As My Father [javāharlāl Nehrū] Said, You Have To Keep An Open Mind, But You Have To Pour Something Into It - Otherwise Ideas Slip Away Like Sand Between Your Fingers.

Women Sometimes Go Too Far, It's True. But It's Only When You Go Too Far That Others Listen.

I Would Like To Ask A Question. Would This Sort Of War Or Savage Bombing Which Has Taken Place In Vietnam Have Been Tolerated For So Long, Had The People Been European?