As became obvious during Nehru’s post-independence era, despite “Glimpses of World History” India miserably failed in foreign affairs, defence and external security, and despite “Discovery of India” India failed to discover its forte, and became a basket case. Other leaders didn’t help much either in defining well before independence what India’s future policies should be. That gave Nehru a free ride; and he royally blundered unchecked. Of course, Patel was able to limit Nehru’s blunders as long as he was alive.
