Dear Rajeev, These are Historical Blunders. You have to hit Iron when it is hot, that will creat a shape. You can keep hitting iron cold and will achieve nothing. History can only be useful, if it is examined critically and lessons are drawn from it.
As a nation, we need to come out and examine this Nehruvad. I am not against a person, but stressing a need for critical examination.
Indian past history is filled with courage, knowledge and all other virtues.
Take any field, mathematics, science, the famous invention of 0 and 1 to 10, Literature, History, culture, artwork. Indian were far ahead. It is this 0 to 9 letter that revolutionalise computer sceince and computation,space sceince. Romans-Europeans were buried under Roman letters.