i know that he had given some controversial statements especially against india's independence claiming that it would be hard to bind the cultural, lingual, religious and caste differences after independence and would prove as a fatal aftermath for india. I am not sure whether he came up with this one. source would be great. BTW, here's another thread on the same persona which i opened few days back. - http://sajha.com/sajha/html/OpenThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=34295 Loote