Sir— This refers to the article, “Chatur charlatans and the chatur bania” (June 14) by Anirban Ganguly. The article is revealing and insightful, which should help correct many a historical half-truth and untruth, which is slowly unfolding in the narrative of Indian history.
Yet another such distortion is the credit given to Jawaharlal Nehru for sending the medical team to China in 1938, during the Sino-Japanese war.
The fact is that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the president of the Indian National Congress during that time, and very few historians take note of that, which is unfortunate.