Ep 283: The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Nasimara Was an Unusual Cosmopolitan
Nasimara had held every single position in india, from a local position to state minister. His urdu was so good that when the president of pakistan,. faruka gari comes to deli, nasimaraw talks to him and his urdo is better than faruglagari's urdu. So this is a man who was an unusual cosmopolitan. In some sense, he was an uncommon intellect. He had uncommon experience and a man of action. That combination is very, very, very hard to find, you know. And i think indiaAn, you know, this is one of the central points of the book, that india was
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