Book by Bose's great nephew shows how we've always known the truth

That some maintain Subhas Chandra Bose spent years incarcerated in a Soviet Gulag camp or hiding in Manchuria is unbelievable. Yet some do

Karan Thapar 

Karan Thapar

If there was a prize for the most pointless controversy India would get it for sure although the United States would run us a close second. The silliest, least explicable if not most baffling, is the refusal to accept Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash on August 18, 1945.

That some actually maintain he spent years incarcerated in a Soviet Gulag camp or hiding in Manchuria or disguised as Gumnami Baba is simply unbelievable. Yet some people do. A book published today by Bose’s great nephew, the London-based journalist Ashis Ray, called Laid to Rest: The controversy over ...

First Published: Mon, February 12 2018. 05:53 IST