Writings on Nehru: Some Reflections on Indian Thoughts and Related Essays

The book has two sections. Articles that are grouped in the first section present a coherent analysis of some of the events that shaped Nehru as a great statesman. Each articles presented sums up to intellectual thinking that surrounded in an altogether different way. Further, those articles which are presented in the second section related to the thought making process in India. Here, the author analyses the impact of various ideologies like the western liberalism, opposition to fascism and militarism, the impact of Russian Revolution of 1917, etc., that nurtured and affected Indian mind. Lastly, the author laments the functioning of Rumpites vis-?-vis that of Gandhian ideals and Nehruvean norms. Quite a few writers like the Laskian ones can recreate great minds and can see the nation making process in a wholesome manner.