Word: perplexes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What About Gandhi? There is no doubt that Nehru's desire for peace is deep and sincere. Yet his efforts for peace are what most perplex his Western admirers. He has said: "The policy India has sought to pursue is not a negative and neutral policy. It is a positive and vital policy that flows from our struggle for freedom and from the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. How can . . . peace be preserved? Not by surrender to aggression, nor by compromising with evil or injustice, but also not by talking and preparing for war." In spite of this Gandhi-like...