5/22/2023 0 Comments Nehru by Walter CrockerHe shows how family connections (or disconnections) influence political power, violence and money in today's India. In today’s post, I want to share a gripping, thought-provoking, and ultimately chilling piece by a friend and scholar, Dr Shreekant Sambrani. But his acting was on the periphery of his personality. It was out of character his interest in children was slender. This was at its worst on his birthday for a few years when sycophants organized groups of children, with flowers and copious photographing, to parade with him. The acting was never worse than the pose of Cha Cha (Uncle) Nehru with the children. He wrote, "Nehru certainly did some acting on public occasions and before the TV cameras but never much. Sir Walter Crocker, mentioned in Nehru's biography Nehru: A Contemporary Estimate (1966) that Nehru did not really have time for or enjoyed the company of children. He was known for many other great things and he should be remembered for them than regarding children. He created some great institutions that stood the test of time. Nehru had said that, 'The future of our country lies with the younger generation' and in fact future of any country lies with the younger generation and that saying does not prove his fondness. He was no doubt a great man but I am not sure about his fondness for children.
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