Ashfaqullah Khan without hesitation laments about how his paternal ancestors kept out of the struggle against the British, luxuriating in their laziness.
As Shastri deviated from Nehruvian ideology, the media, people and intellectuals, who were patronised by Nehru and became the beneficiaries of the seeping corruption, called Shastri's call for 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' a political gimmick, writes Vivek Agnihotri.