K.M. Munshi, Pilgrimage to Freedom, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1967, Volume I, p. 175ff and in Arun Shourie - Self-Deception _ India's China Policies_ Origins, Premises, Lessons-Harper Collins (2013)
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All of us acquiesced in what Jawaharlal Nehru had already done... only one or two venturing to voice feeble criticism. Among them was Sri N.V. Gadgil for whom there was a snub: “Don’t you realize that the Himalayas are there?” I timidly ventured to say that in the seventh century Tibetans had crossed the Himalayas and invaded Kanauj.... To my knowledge the meeting suggested by Sardar did not take place... Comment is hardly necessary.

— Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "All of us acquiesced in what Jawaharlal Nehru had already done... only one or two venturing to voice feeble criticism. Among them was Sri N.V. Gadgil for whom there was a snub: “Don’t you realize that the Himalayas are there?” I timidly ventured to say that in the seventh century Tibetans had crossed the Himalayas and invaded Kanauj.... To my knowledge the meeting suggested by Sardar did not take place... Comment is hardly necessary." in the context of "K.M. Munshi, Pilgrimage to Freedom, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1967, Volume I, p. 175ff and in Arun Shourie - Self-Deception _ India's China Policies_ Origins, Premises, Lessons-Harper Collins (2013)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

About Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (pronounced kə.nəi.ya.lal ma.ɳek.lal mun.ʃi; 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, he later turned to author and politician. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in 1938.