In 1964, with Nehru, this glorious tradition of writing fortnightly letters to chief ministers also died. In 2004, Manmohan Singh revived the tradition.

Nehru was a literary giant in his own right. His books had some interesting and essential nutrition at a time when it was very important for Indians to be well informed and well read. They are ...

Nehru A Political Life Judith M. Brown Yale University Press: 408 pp., $35 * Nehru The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor Arcade: 282 pp., $24.95 Nehru, Gandhi and a dream state - Los Angeles Times ...

Nehru’s writing triggered new social, political cultural and literary awakening and his astutely crafted vocabulary of tolerance needs to be adopted immediately and the veteran literary theorist ...

In 1930, Jawaharlal Nehru was sentenced to four years of prison. During this time, over 30 months, he wrote 196 exceptionally well-informed and detailed letters on human history to his 13-year-old ...

Compare Nehru’s passage to Rushdie writing in the short story on migration, ‘The Courter’, from the anthology of short stories, East, West (1994): “I, too, have ropes around my neck. I ...

Jawaharlal Nehru attempted to teach her about politics and commerce while writing on a variety of topics, including the formation of the Earth . The Discovery of India ...

THE REINVENTION OF NEHRU. Published Feb 22, 2004 at 7:00 PM EST Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM EST. By Newsweek Staff . Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member ...

In response, Nehru wrote a detailed letter on November 14, 1957, clarifying that the book had been written 25 years ago, and that his understanding of Shivaji was limited at that time.

CHANDIGARH: India’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru projected Chandigarh as the face of modern India to his international audience, a study don.