Japan Covered Up Indian Leader's Death

[Mulboyne]

[floatr][/floatr]Guardian: Fate of Indian war leader thrown into doubt by new report
...The fate of Subhas Chandra Bose, leader of the Indian National Army which collaborated with the Japanese and Germans against the British in the second world war, remains a mystery after a six-year investigation into his disappearance contradicted the official version of events. Bose, known in India as Netaji or respected leader, was presumed to have died of burns in a plane crash in Taiwan shortly after the Japanese surrender in August 1945. However a commission led by supreme court judge M.K. Mukherjee said yesterday Bose did not die in the crash and his supposed ashes, kept at Renkoji Temple near Tokyo, were those of a Japanese soldier not those of the Indian hero...All this, the report concludes, was a "smokescreen" by the Japanese authorities to ensure "Netaji's safe passage"...more...

See also the Hindustan Times and the Times of India. One man who is convinced he died is Netaji-loyalist A M Nair, of Nair's restaurant in Ginza (who cropped up in this thread). His reasoning? "If he had survived, he would have contacted Nairsan. What other evidence did the world need to believe that Netaji was not alive?"

[Blah Pete]

The Imperial Army probably put a bullet in his head.
Dead men tell no tales.

[Buraku]

The Trouble With India
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_12/b4026001.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5
Envisioning a brand-new India is the easy part; paying for it is another matter. By necessity, since the country's public debt stands at 82% of GDP, the 11th-worst ranking in the world,
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Government officials were shocked last year when Intel Corp. (INTC ) chose Vietnam over India as the site for a new chip assembly plant. Although Intel declined to comment, industry insiders say the reason was largely the lack of reliable power and water in India.

[Samurai_Jerk]

[quote="Buraku"]The Trouble With India
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_12/b4026001.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5
Envisioning a brand-new India is the easy part]

So, I guess China's the only rising power that gives you a stiffy then.

[Buraku]

This is what I don't get, if you knock something bad about Nippon it automatically qualifies oneself as a Chicom lover. I certainly don't love them but I like to call it like it is.


India has a lot of positives, a very nice place but don't buy all that cheerleader happy clapping crap you read about New Dehli in the Western media, Pakistan still have their nukes aimed at India and India still has huge demographic problems, child slavery, cast systems, zero population control, infrastructure nightmares.... - this will cause the India bubble to burst with 5-10 years and western companies will soon outsource to the next cheap labor market and set up cheaper call centers in a place like like Bangladesh, Vietnam, or Indonesia .


China's also has huge problems but it ain't going to be screwed as quick because they have managed their economy a lot better, their bubble may take 10-25 years to burst.

[Buraku]

Treaty with Japan may legalize dumping toxic waste in India
http://www.rxpgnews.com/india/Treaty-with-Japan-may-legalize-dumping-toxic-waste-in-India_26960.shtml

[Mulboyne]

...One man who is convinced he died is Netaji-loyalist A M Nair, of Nair's restaurant in Ginza (who cropped up in this thread)...

It looks like there'll be a film about Nair:

Rediff: A Japanese film starring Mohanlal and Jackie Chan!

...Nair San has many curious facts that connect with India in many ways. It is about the Indian legendary freedom fighter Nair-San (1905-1990) in Japan, who fought for the freedom of Asia and particularly India during the imperialistic supremacy of the British in the early to middle 1900s. Nair-San was never hailed much in his own country. He was comparatively unknown compared to bigger names like Rash Behari Bose, Subhash Chandra Bose and Raja Mahendra Pratap. But for his contemporaries, who looked forward to his lone adventitious exploits against the British in Asia, he is a revered icon in the annals of Japanese history and economy. The Japanese showed their allegiance and respect to him by conferring him with the highest Japanese order of merit, 'The Order of the Sacred Treasure', the most coveted honour of accomplishment for any Japanese citizen...Nair San is slated to be a Rs 200 crore magnum opus, a 100 per cent Japanese film to be shot exclusively in Japan, Inner Mongolia and a very small portion in India...Nair San is enacted on screen by Mohanlal, who has given a colossal 125-day call sheet for the film. He thinks that it is a great opportunity for an actor like him to do the role of Nair San...Another casting coup could be that of Jackie Chan, perhaps the world's most popular action hero who is all set to be part of Nair San in a cameo. After my research and many a visit to Japan in connection, I sent a treatment of the film to Jackie Chan for a cute cut-out role early in January. Within a week's time I got a positive reply saying Jackie Chan liked the idea and his character. Now, he has even agreed to choreograph the fight sequence...more...