To Lead or to Be Led

conclusion to be drawn from the sudden resignation of Foreign Minister Chagla on the education-cum- language policy adopted by the Union Cabinet, it is this: the confidence and respect enjoyed by Indira Gandhi in South India have been seriously eroded. The lack of effort to convince Chagla that he was reading too much into the Cabinet decisions, and Education Minister Triguna Sen's inept attempt to pretend that no decision had been taken, has created the sort of mystery which aggravates fears about the activities of the Hindi hawks'.