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Maker of modern India: The Nehru that our country cannot forget

Nehru's life is worth recalling to get a sense as to what he meant to India then and what he offers to the country now

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Sushil Aaron | The Wire
Narendra Modi does not agree but the world has never hesitated in recognising Jawaharlal Nehru as a historical figure who left a mark on India and the world. When Nehru died in 1964, the New York Times plainly referred to him as the “maker of modern India”; the Economist ran a cover story titled “World without Nehru”. It recalled his “almost magical grip” on the masses and regretted that the world stage would be poorer without the “great man”.

There has been a considerable shift in opinion about Nehru in India. He was idolised by the public while he lived

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