An Expert Explains: Missed chances on India-China border

Sixty years ago on this day — October 20, 1962 — Chinese troops came down from the Himalayan heights all along the India-China border and confronted an unprepared India, shredding Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's faith in the Himalayan shield. But relations with China, whether on the borders or in the political sphere, had long been a cause for concern, Nehru's benign view notwithstanding. As would be seen, there were infirmities in India's boundary with China, both in the east and the west. Uncertainty in east & west Back in 1950, Nehru had declared in Parliament that in the east, "McMahon…