Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru - Maker of Modern India
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru - Maker of
Modern India
Since 1947, enough water has
flown down the Ganges. The generation has changed and so has changed the
popular view of idea of India. Today, fifty years after Death of Pt. Jawahar
Lal Nehru, maker of modern India, is being belittled.
After a long spell of foreign
rule, India tasted freedom breaking shackles of slavery and threw away colonial
yoke. The newly independent country developed consensus on relatively younger
politician, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru to lead the country. There were many
contenders for the premiership. Gandhiji was visionary enough to put his stamp
on Pt. Nehru. The country needed stewardship of a person who could take every
section of society along, who could lay a strong foundation of friendship with
other countries. A country facing acute hunger, illiteracy and disease needed
touch of a socialist hand.
Pt. Nehru’s socialist policies
worked well for the country with some failure as any policy would. The five
year plan borrowed from erstwhile USSR brought intended result in agriculture,
industry and other fields. Today there may not be need of planning commission,
but the India of yesteryears needed it.
People might find flaws with
Nehruvian foreign policy today, some may call it a moralistic running
commentary or far right may dub it as an utter failure. But the Nehruvian
foreign policy remains a time tested one which was by and large successful.
None Aligned Movement, Panchsheel and friendship with USSR bear witness to the
success of his policies.
Today there are people, large
in numbers who question the choice of leadership. They conveniently ignore that
India of 1947 faced myriad challenges on all fronts. A country which was
liberated from colonial yoke was to learn to walk independently maintaining
good relationship with other nations in the world. There were threats of
external aggression as well as internal instability. The partition led to the
worst kind of communal conflict in south Asia. The communal force needed to be
stemmed. In such circumstances, Nehru was an appropriate choice to lead the
country. The united and vibrant India is testimony to the great leadership of
Pt. Nehru.
Nehru faced long incarceration
bravely during freedom struggle like a brave soldier; his remarkable books like
Glimpses of world history, Discovery of India, My autography established him as
a scholar, His socialist approach and humane persona made him a great human
being.
As a grateful nation we should
pay homage to the great leader on his birth day and take a pledge to grow
stronger by fighting and defeating divisive forces and remain united amidst
diversity………
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