Jawaharlal Nehru in Our Past, Present and Future

As all of you are aware, the Idea of India is deeply threatened today and the discipline of history is being mauled beyond recognition and weaponised to destroy the Idea of India by religious communal forces, which not only did not participate in India’s freedom struggle but indeed collaborated with imperialism. It is perhaps appropriate that on his 60th death anniversary I should focus on what we can learn from Jawaharlal Nehru, among the foremost champions of the Idea of India, as well as of a scientific and meaningful history. I believe much can be learnt from him to explain our present and chart out a vision of the future.