Philip Ziegler
The Heart Of A Nation
No TWENTIETH-CENTURY man influenced the development of a great democracy more than Jawaharlal Nehru. Stalin, Hitler, Mao: all in their time changed the destinies of their countries; however, they sought not to work with their people but to impose their vision regardless of the people’s will. Nehru had authoritative tendencies – he recognised and even feared them – but he knew that he would only succeed in the end if he took the Indians along with him. Viewing his country today, he would probably feel that his vision had foundered, yet the fact that against all the odds India has survived united, more or less democratic and economically afloat, is a tribute to his role in its creation. He was one of the titans of the twentieth century.
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