I've been reading Ramachandra Guha's
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. The book provides provides a detailed accounting of the events, decisions, and personalities which have determined the course of India over the last 70 years. I was reading about the friction between East and West Pakistan and subsequent creation of Bangladesh (and India's role) when I stumbled across a couple of gems from Richard Nixon on India. Apparently he was not a big fan.
Richard Nixon on India:
"The Indians are no goddamned good."
"The Indians are bastards anyway....for them [Pakistan]to be done so by the Indians and after we had warned the bitch [then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi]."
