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“Gandhi was the man that freed a nation, but it was Nehru -- a man of compromise -- that built it. It was Gandhi who freed a people; but it was Nehru -- a politician -- who gave them jobs. Which one should he choose? His doubts weighed against his duty. You cannot have prosperity without a nation of your own. And yet, what good is freedom if you are shackled to your hunger by chains as thick as any ever worn by slaves?”
― Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
― Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
“I remember my old friend and teacher U.R. Ananthamurthy. Before he died, he left behind a great manuscript, a testament, a manifesto. URA criticised the Nehruvian years but he made a more critical point. Nehru might have made mistakes but Narendra Modi is the mistake that India might regret one day in its angry backlash against the family. Nehru was a classic. Our current regime is a footnote. It can only become history if it destroys the Nehruvian years.”
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“This was a different experience from that of the nationalist elite. Gandhi may have travelled third class on trains out of conviction, but Ambedkar did so out of necessity. Nehru and his companions may have been able to give up their government jobs or connections with government institutions such as courts because they had the assurance that wealthy, often landlord families could continue to support the rest of their relatives.”
― Ambedkar
― Ambedkar

“Aruna's husband Asaf Ali was seemingly a freedom fighter but unbeknownst to his comrades, he was in fact a British agent inside the Congress Working Committee, which was collectively imprisoned on the first day the agitation started. When the British left, they forgot a few files by mistake, and one of them revealed Ali's espionage. Ali, already sent to Washington as India's first ambassador there, was recalled and sidelines as Governor of Orissa, though M.K. Gandhi intervened to spare him an overt fall from grace.”
― Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism
― Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism
“啶啷囙げ 啶斷ぐ 啶ㄠ啶灌ぐ啷� 啶曕 啶た啶� 啶灌啶� 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶掂啶さ啷嵿す啶距ぐ 啶膏 啶 啶す 啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶し啷嵿 啶灌啶む 啶灌. 啶囙じ 啶ぞ啶げ啷� 啶啶� 啶膏啶� 啶曕た 啶侧た啶啶むい啶� 啶曕た 啶溹ぞ啶傕 啶曕ぞ 啶呧え啷佮ぐ啷嬥ぇ 啶曕ぐ啶む 啶灌啶� 啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶啶む啶班 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶班ぞ 啶侧た啶栢 啶椸 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶曕 啶ㄠた啶膏啶氞く啶ぞ啶む啶 啶溹さ啶距が 啶啶� 啶啷囙げ 啶ㄠ 啶椸ぞ啶傕ぇ啷€啶溹 啶曕た 啶灌い啷嵿く啶� 啶曕 啶忇 啶す啷€啶ㄠ 啶曕 啶啶むぐ 啷ㄠキ 啶ぐ啶掂ぐ啷€ 啷оク啷ギ 啶曕 啶啶溹 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶啶� 啶侧た啶栢ぞ- "啶啶� 啶侧啶 啶︵啶ㄠた啶� 啶嗋ぇ啶距ぐ 啶ぐ 啶ぞ啶 啶曕た 啶灌い啷嵿く啶� 啶曕 啶ぞ啶げ啷� 啶啶� 啶氞げ 啶班す啷€ 啶溹ぞ啶傕 啶曕た 啶啶班啶むた 啶ぐ 啶ㄠ啶� 啶班啷� 啶灌啶� 啶灌啶�. 啶膏き啷€ 啶啶栢啶� 啶嗋ぐ啷嬥お啷€ 啶呧お啶ㄠ 啶椸い啶苦さ啶苦ぇ啶苦く啷� 啶曕 啶ぞ啶班 啶啶� 啶侧ぎ啷嵿が啷� 啶斷ぐ 啶啶啶班啶掂ぞ啶� 啶掂た啶掂ぐ啶� 啶︵ 啶氞啶曕 啶ム. 啶囙え 啶掂た啶掂ぐ啶`啶� 啶膏 啶す 啶膏ぞ啷炧い啷嬥啶� 啶ぐ 啶夃き啶班啶� 啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むぞ 啶灌 啶曕た 啶膏啶� 啶曕ぞ 啶囙じ 啶ぞ啶げ啷� 啶啶� 啶曕啶� 啶灌ぞ啶� 啶ㄠす啷€啶� 啶ムぞ.”
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“啶囙じ啶曕 啶ぞ啶掂啷傕う 啷оォ 啶ㄠさ啶傕が啶� 啷оク啷ギ 啶曕た 啶班ぞ啶� 啶曕 啶曕啶栢啶ぞ啶� 啶啶椸ぞ啶� 啶膏啶熰啶� 啶啶班た啶溹え啶班じ 啶忇啷嵿 啶曕 啶呧ぇ啷€啶� 啶多啶班啶椸啶班啶溹 啶曕 啶た啶� 啶椸た啶班か啷嵿い啶距ぐ 啶曕ぐ 啶侧た啶ぞ 啶椸く啶�. 啶す 啶掂す啷€ 啶忇啷嵿 啶ムぞ, 啶溹た啶膏 啶嗋啶距う啷€ 啶膏 啶す啶侧 啶ㄠ啶灌ぐ啷� 啶ㄠ 啶忇 "啶曕ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶�" 啶い啶距く啶� 啶ムぞ......... 啶膏い啷嵿く啶距啷嵿ぐ啶灌た啶啶� 啶曕ぞ 啶啶栢啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶班ぞ 啶ㄠ啶灌ぐ啷� 啶膏ぐ啶曕ぞ啶� 啶曕啶曕 啶︵ 啶椸く啷€ 啶囙じ 啶氞啶ㄠ啶む 啶曕 啶班啶� 啶啶� 啶ムぞ- '啶膏啶� 啶曕 啶栢た啶侧ぞ啶� 啶嗋ぐ啷嬥お 啶膏た啶︵啶� 啶曕ぐ啷� 啶ぞ 啶啶班い啶苦が啶ㄠ啶� 啶灌啶距啷�”
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“The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. The light that has illumined this country for these many years will illumine this country for many more years, and a thousand years later, that light will be seen in this country and the world will see it and it will give solace to innumerable hearts. For that light represented something more than the immediate past, it represented the living, the eternal truths, reminding us of the right path, drawing us from error, taking this ancient country to freedom.”
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“The deep blue Arabian Sea stretches out before me as I write; and on the other side, in the far distance, is the coast of India, passing by. I think of this vast and almost immeasurable expanse
and compare it to the little barrack, with its high walls, in Naini Prison, from where I wrote my
previous letters to you. The sharp outline of the horizon stands out before me, where the sea
seems to meet the sky; but in Gaol, a prisoner's horizon is the top of the wall surrounding him.
Many of us who were in prison are out of it to-day and can breathe the freer air outside. But many of our colleagues remain still in their narrow cells deprived of the sight of the sea and the
land and the horizon. And India herself is still in prison and her freedom is yet to come. What is
our freedom worth if India is not free?”
― Glimpses of World History
and compare it to the little barrack, with its high walls, in Naini Prison, from where I wrote my
previous letters to you. The sharp outline of the horizon stands out before me, where the sea
seems to meet the sky; but in Gaol, a prisoner's horizon is the top of the wall surrounding him.
Many of us who were in prison are out of it to-day and can breathe the freer air outside. But many of our colleagues remain still in their narrow cells deprived of the sight of the sea and the
land and the horizon. And India herself is still in prison and her freedom is yet to come. What is
our freedom worth if India is not free?”
― Glimpses of World History

“The deep blue Arabian Sea stretches out before me as I write; and on the other side, in the far distance, is the coast of India, passing by. I think of this vast and almost immeasurable expanse and compare it to the little barrack, with its high walls, in Naini Prison, from where I wrote my previous letters to you. The sharp outline of the horizon stands out before me, where the sea seems to meet the sky; but in Gaol, a prisoner's horizon is the top of the wall surrounding him. Many of us who were in prison are out of it to-day and can breathe the freer air outside. But many of our colleagues remain still in their narrow cells deprived of the sight of the sea and the land and the horizon. And India herself is still in prison and her freedom is yet to come. What is our freedom worth if India is not free?”
― Glimpses of World History
― Glimpses of World History

“Sardar Patel, in as early as 1950, drew Nehru's attention to the threat posed by China.
In a detailed letter containing some truly prophetic formulations about China's intentions and plans, he warned JN of the dangers of complacency and strongly urged a serious reconsideration of the entire China policy and the various steps that needed to be taken to meet the new situation.
The Sardar said, in his letter:
"Thus, for the first time after centuries, India鈥檚 defence has to concentrate itself on two fronts simultaneously.
Our defence measure have so far been based on the calculations of a superiority over Pakistan. In our calculations we shall now have to reckon with Communist China in the north and in the north-east, a Communist China which has definite ambitions and aims and which does not, in any way, seem friendly disposed towards us. In my judgement, the situation is one in which we cannot afford either to be complacent or to be vacillating.
We must have a clear idea of what we wish to achieve and also of the methods by which we should achieve it. Any faltering or lack of decisiveness in formulating our objectives or in pursuing our policy to attain those objectives is bound to weaken us and increase the threats which are so evident.”
― The insider
In a detailed letter containing some truly prophetic formulations about China's intentions and plans, he warned JN of the dangers of complacency and strongly urged a serious reconsideration of the entire China policy and the various steps that needed to be taken to meet the new situation.
The Sardar said, in his letter:
"Thus, for the first time after centuries, India鈥檚 defence has to concentrate itself on two fronts simultaneously.
Our defence measure have so far been based on the calculations of a superiority over Pakistan. In our calculations we shall now have to reckon with Communist China in the north and in the north-east, a Communist China which has definite ambitions and aims and which does not, in any way, seem friendly disposed towards us. In my judgement, the situation is one in which we cannot afford either to be complacent or to be vacillating.
We must have a clear idea of what we wish to achieve and also of the methods by which we should achieve it. Any faltering or lack of decisiveness in formulating our objectives or in pursuing our policy to attain those objectives is bound to weaken us and increase the threats which are so evident.”
― The insider

“After Britain gifted Pakistan to Islam, Nehru began furthering the Islamic interests in India by seducing the gullible Hindus into believing that Hindutva is bad for them, and that's his real villainy.”
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“Nehru never made a secret of his deadly hostility to the Hindu nationalists. Once he told Mookerjee: "We will crush you!"(Mookerjee , always more polite than Nehru, replied: "We will crush this crushing mentality.”
― Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism
― Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism

“Nehru stuck to his Communist sympathies even when the Communists insulted him as Prime Minister with their unbridled scatology. Nehru was too British and too bourgeois to opt for a fully authoritarian socialism, but like many European Leftists he supported just such regimes when it comes to foreign policy. Thus Nehru's absolute refusal to support the Tibetans even at a diplomatic level when they were overrun by the Chinese army(a Far-Eastern Munich) cannot just be attributed to circumstances or the influence of his collaborators; his handover of Tibet to Communist China was quite consistent with his own political convictions.”
― Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism
― Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism
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