Their meeting had begun with an unhappy gaffe, a gaffe poignantly revealing of the meticulous, calculating Jinnah to whom no gesture could be spontaneous. Realizing he would be photographed with the Mountbattens, Jinnah had carefully memorized a pleasant little line to flatter Edwina Mountbatten, who he was sure would be posed between the Viceroy and himself. "
"Alas, poor Jinnah! It was he and not Edwina who wound up in the middle. But he couldn't help himself. He was programmed like a computer and his carefully rehearsed line just had to come out. 'Ah,' he beamed, 'a rose between two thorns'."
(excerpted from the famous Freedom at Midnight)..
This book is very interesting and is giving a picture what was happening in 1946 - 47...
6 comments:
Dei.. finish it soon.. I want the book.
srinath: wait pannu machi, it will take a while...
darling srinath....sir in the Q...soooo appala vaa nee ;)
Aravindh: Srinath has asked first.. so you may need to wait...
Hail CK!
edwina flatter pannurathukku y alanjifying jinnak ? i guess nehru already route vittufied for her by then.
Jagan: they were rivals in everything ;-)..
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