Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed no such notions

By P Kharel South Asian politicians believe in loud self-praise, cry hoarse against conspiracy, swear by lofty ideals but bend backwards for power, unabashedly throwing to the winds all their talk of high moral grounding and political ideology. The moment an …