Indian - Afghanistan policy

When Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister tried to explain to Parliament the significance of Aksai Chin, he referred to it as an area where not a blade of grass grew. He was stressing that Aksai Chin was barren, desolate and inhospitable. By implication, therefore, that India had lost only some useless piece of real estate to the Chinese. Mahavir Tyagi, Nehru’s friend and critic, shot back and pointing to his bald head asked, “Nothing grows here... should it be cut off or given away to someone else?”

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