It took a while to understand the deeper roots of the Second World War. The Chinese war straddled the Second World War at both ends, starting in 1933 and ending only with the ascension of Mao in 1950. Many higher- ranking Nazis escaped through a ‘pipeline’ that led from Germany to Sweden to South America. Likewise, many toxic ideologies have a lethal half-life way beyond the date by which they are supposed to have become extinct. Closer home, we can ask the same question: what happened to all the Indira and Sanjay worshippers after the Emergency?

Source: The Telegraph April 30, 2019 03:11 UTC