Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru on the occasion of 135th birth anniversary
I was eleven years old when the news of Jawaharlal Nehru's death came on 27 May 1964. Shindkheda is a taluka of Dhule district where I had gone to my…
Nehru
The craze for re-naming
It was Vico who had introduced us to the now common notion that it is given to man alone to understand things made by man.To create a thing is to…
Kashmir Imbroglio: Creating Binary between Nehru and Patel!
As Bharat Jodo yatra, in its final phase is in Kashmir, there is an overwhelming response. At the same time some writers and commentators are using the occasion for Nehru…
Understanding Nehru’s world vision from his first television appearance on BBC
Iawahar Lal Nehru’s life and world always fascinated me. He speaks like a ‘teacher’ and one would be glued to him when we watch old videos of his press conferences…
Nehru and RSS
A day after the country became independent and Nehru was sworn-in as its first Prime Minister, he conveyed to the nation his undivided resolve in fighting communalism and separatism, with…
Relevance of Nehru’s Legacy of Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, Peace and Non-Alignment Has Increased Further
It is a true mark of greatness if what a leader struggles to achieve in his lifetime is widely realized to be even more valuable in the years or decades…
Some Reflections on Nehru and Journalism Today
Even as human vultures of a wide amalgam -train their guns, on Nehru’s 17 years as Prime Minister, and his role in India’s freedom struggle and the struggle of the…
Nehru And History
Nehru is now the favourite punching bag for all who call for change.Time was when he was nothing short of a demi-god.But now there has been such a volley of…
Nehru Reconsidered
Nehru in retrospect certainly does not shine as brightly as he did during his lifetime.But the image has not dimmed as much as much as his detractors would like.There is…
National Children’s Day 2020: Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru and Introspecting Children’s Rights in India
Children's Day or Bal Diwas in India is celebrated every year on Nov. 14th, six days before the rest of the world, on the birth anniversary of the first Prime…
Importance of Nehru and his modern ideas to India
On the 131st birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru people paid him rich tribute but a number of notorious IT cell members of the Rumour spreading…
Don’t blame Nehru for partition and preponing independence
The other day an important BJP leader remarked that Jawaharlal Nehru and other Congress leaders managed to advance the date of independence and accepted country’s partition because they were in…
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