Nehru & idea of India
With television, the Internet and our smartphones we have daily sightings of our leaders. In the context of what Jawaharlal Nehru achieved, however, I consider both criticisms secondary, because his contributions to India are so fundamental that they have defined what our country is today. Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel didn’t live for too long after August 15, 1947; Jawaharlal Nehru was the sole survivor of this triumvirate, and he carried the burden of the nation on his shoulders for nearly 17 years till his death in 1964. My small personal example gives you an idea of Nehru’s immense popularity; in fact, he was virtually worshipped across the length and breadth of the country. If he had wanted, he could easily have assumed dictatorial powers, instead of which he did his best to strengthen the institutions of democracy — the judiciary was not interfered with, the press was free, and as for Parliament, Nehru gave it the importance many of his successors have neglected to do: he was regularly in attendance, he observed its norms, took part in its debates.
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