There is "no Indian industrialist alive today who has the political sagacity or moral courage of (J. R. D) Tata,” wrote historian Ramchandra Guha in the Hindustan Times (HT) of September 24, 2017 rhetorically questioning if one can imagine (a Mukesh or Anil) Ambani or (Gautam) Adani writing to (current Prime Minister) Modi in the manner that Tata wrote to Nehru!
Guha notes that on May 15, 1961, C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji), founder of the Swatantra Party (SP) wrote to Tata asking him to support the Party that was founded two years ago. Calling it the "patriotic duty” of the Tatas to......