Much influence over live-in lover, yes, unilateral campaign, no. Nehru had summoned his Cambridge companion, Frank Moraes, to Delhi, and categorically asked him if he could count on the support of Bombay's Catholic intelligentsia for the military move. Moraes claims in his book that his reply was an unequivocal yes. I believe Franks account. In the same book, he uses the euphemistic term 'effeminate duo' to describe the Nehru-Menon relationship. He would call a spade a spade. If you looking for something sordid, consider the Mountbatten odour. He belonged to the same gay underground at Cambridge and owed his friends more then 'one.' He had defied London and given Gurdaspur to India, leaving him the corridor he needed for an invasion of Hari Singh's Kashmir. His RAF transported Hari to Delhi, a virtual prisoner. Edwina was a lesbian, a biographer's claim made ten years ago, which the family has refused to refute. eric.
From: Dan Driscoll < If I may put in a word: My understanding has been that Krishna Menon was Nehru's Defence Minister, and that he more or less unilaterally took the initiative of launching a military campaign (by land and sea) to end the Colonial Regime in Goa; Nehru is claimed by some commentators to have read of the 'Goan Invasion' in the newspapers, and that he was deeply troubled. I'm not well informed on what local sentiment might have been at that time, but having had a keen minded Goan-girl spouse, and domiciled in Goa through a lengthy retirement sojourn, I would be most interested in anything that comes here concerning that 'liberation-era' of Goan History. Was Menon a devil, or guardian angel in disguise? 'Depends on one's point of view', doubtless; but to what degree have views (both pro & con, and shuttled back and forth) come to a final balance point? Jacob wrestled through the night with 'an angel', and came out of it 'wounded in the thigh'! But, lived to see another day. The discussion is a worthy one; but we should not think of Krishna Menon as 'a gent'. Let's at least capitalize the 'g'. On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Joe Lobo <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > I apologise for my error calling Krishna Menon the foreign > minister. Perhaps he was the Defence Minister....which would make > his neglect of preparedness unforgivable ? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 3:30 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Remembering a luminary > > > On 18 January 2014 11:10, Joe Lobo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Was not this the gent , who while Foreign Minister of >> India..?.....ignored the Chinese Threat on the NEFA border, with his >> protestations of " Hindi- Chinee bhai, bhai " whilst they slaughtered >> hundreds of WW-1 Lee Enfield ancient rifle toting indian soldiers >> as >> they pushed southwards across the McMahon line which was a hazy >> undermarcated border left as a Brit legacy " >> >> >> COMMENT: >> >> 1: Krishna Menon was NEVER the Foreign Minister of India >> >> 2: What caught my attention in that article is that this ostensible >> Leftist, while a High Commissioner to the UK, rode around in a Rolls Royce >> presented to him by Nehru. >> >> jc >> >> >
