Nehru’s Word

Jawaharlal Nehru

Remembering Nehru

Nehru’s Word: Communalism an obstacle in the path of progress

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the Tata iron and steel plant, Jamshedpur, 25 November 1950

Opinion

'Communal parties can only harm India, not help it progress': Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru warning India of the dangers of communalism in 1951

Remembering Nehru

Nehru's Word: The dangers of communal hatred

Not only did Nehru welcome opposition in the first general election of 1951-52, but used it to educate people on larger issues

Remembering Nehru

Nehru's Word: Fight the good fight

India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Remembering Nehru

Nehru's Word: ‘Any organisation that has an easy time is corrupted by it’

PM Jawaharlal Nehru replies to President Truman’s words of welcome on his arrival in the US, October 1949. (Photo courtesy: Truman Library Institute)

Remembering Nehru

Nehru’s Word: I'd rather have goodwill and cooperation than logic

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore with his students in Santiniketan in 1935. Also seen is Indira Nehru (standing, 5th from right), later Indira Gandhi (photo: National Herald archives) 

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Respect all languages, learn more than one: Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

Remembering Nehru

Nehru on state boundaries and linguistic minorities

Jawaharlal Nehru (photo: National Herald archives)

Nation

Nehru's Word: Wrong to imagine we are the best in the world

Jawaharlal Nehru making the famous 'tryst with destiny' speech in the Constituent Assembly

Nation

Nehru’s Word: Parliamentary democracy is in keeping with our own traditions

Jawaharlal Nehru making the famous 'Tryst with destiny' speech in the Constituent Assembly

Nation

Nehru's Word: On the road to building a democracy

The funeral procession for Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on 31 January 1948. Gandhi had been shot dead by Nathuram Godse the day before (photo: National Herald archives)

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Nehru's Word: Musings on parting with Gandhi-ji’s ashes

Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of India (and founder of the National Herald), thought of himself as the 'First Servant of India' (image courtesy @UWCforYouth/X)

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"Our common allegiance is to India": Nehru's first radio address to independent India

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