Though we may speculate in to oblivion about who could have done what better, it is only graceful to accept that Panditji led the nation at the vital juncture of its very rebirth. He aligned modern India with the Soviet Union, even as the other side of the Partition cuddled up to Washington. 1965 would have been a repeat of 1962 were it not for the link that Panditji forged with Moscow. Finally, please consider to who we owe India's nuclear capabilities.
