The Unforgettable Nehru

The Unforgettable Nehru

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAE671
Author: P.D. Tandon
Publisher: National Book Trust, India
Language: English
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 9788123740997
Pages: 236 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch
Weight 330 gm

Book Description

Back of the book

This book presents vignettes regarding glimpses of Nehru’s dauntless courage generosity, irritability, his personal joys and sufferings, and the warmth of his heart. It has been written by someone who knew Jawaharlal Nehru quite well and had watched him at close quarters for years together.

About the Author

P.D. Tandon was a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government, and advisor to the state’s Chief Minister in 1989 He was also the president of the state’s Working Journalist’s Federation. During the 1942 revolt against the British Raj, Shri Tandon was imprisoned in Naini Central Jail, Allahabad.

Shri Tandon has written about forty books in five different languages, which include Flames from the Ashes (his autobiography); Indira Gandhi—Lingering Echoes; Echoes from the Past (letters of Gandhi, Nehru, Bernard Shaw, Lord Mountbatten, Indira Gandhi, and several others). He has also written various articles for many newspapers, magazines arid periodicals.

Preface

Nehru was such a large-hearted person that few could be compared with him in the grandeur of human spirit. Earl Attlee, after the death of Nehru, had observed. “There are few, if any, parallels in history to the magnitude of Nehru’s achievements and, whatever storms in future may blow up, India will he eternally grateful to the man who piloted the ship of the State on her maiden voyage, with few errors of navigation. He will rightly go down in history as one of the world’s great men, who lived up to the high ideals.

He despised pettiness and it stood snubbed in his presence. He was rather a short-tempered man, but his anger always blew itself out in a few minutes. There was no trace of malice or bitterness in it. Anything below the normal standards of things, he could not endure and they easily infuriated him.

He was a kind and outstanding person. He fully understood the human urges of man; that was why he was so tremendously popular. He helped people and forgot about it. When he gave something to anybody, he always felt that he had not given enough and felt shy while giving it.

When Nehru died, many people felt the death of a part of themselves and in India he is still loved and remembered. It is so difficult to forget him.

I must not fail to thank Rohit Tandon, my grandson, for his ungrudging and loving help in the preparation of this book, and also Haseen Ahmad for his most sincere cooperation.

I think Ms Manju Gupta editor NBT for her encouragement photographs have reproduced form Jawaharlal Nehru for which I am thankful.

Contents

Preface xi
Gentlehearted 1
Kind and Gracious 3
Very Bold 5
Work was His Worship 7
Father’s Fury 9
‘Father Drinking Blood’ 11
Fascinating Face 13
Dragged Me to Dining Table 15
Hated Communal Riots 17
Fond of Nature 19
Mystery of Churidar Pyjamas 21
Face Soaked in Sorrow 23
Broke into Tears 25
Never Petty or Small 27
Concern for Minorities 29
Bandaged Fingers 33
Played with Children 35
Fell Asleep while Dictating 37
Very Short-tempered 39
Compelled to Speak 49
A Lonely Man 51
Prison Days 55
Paid for Injuring Cow 59
‘Don’t Leave Your Meal’ 61
Driver’s Apology for Governess 63
Serve Country or Earn 65
Father’s Prophetic Judgement 67
Fury over Pensioners’ Plight 69
Extraordinary Love for Children 71
Gracious in Dealings 73
Dealt at Human Level 75
Helped and Forgot 77
Letter for Future Help 79
‘Be My Guest’ 81
Angry but Helpful 83
Condolence Message from Tibet 85
Pillow Wet with Tears 87
About an Hour’s Talk 89
‘Fathered by the Starry Sky’ 93
Leapt out of the Window 95
Nursing He Loved 97
Bapu Immensely Pleased 99
Father’s Touching Tribute 101
Power of Health 103
Aristocrat turned a Revolutionary 105
Genuine Love for Masses 107
Discouraged Feet-touching 109
Hardly ever Fell Ill 111
Mover of Men 113
Always Remembered Servants 115
Admired by Gandhi 117
Above all very Humane 119
‘Take away Anand Bhawan’ 121
‘Cowardice is Contagious’ 123
Expert in Writing News 125
Delhi Weakens Intellectual Faculties 127
Anand Bhawan Historically Important 129
Prison His other Home 133
Millions Adored Him 135
Utterly Indifferent to Money 137
Khadi Yarned for Gandhi 139
Disliked Wasting Food 141
Controlled Crowds Quickly 145
Refused to meet Mussolini 147
Brave, Dared and Suffered 149
Deeply Loved Allahabad 151
His own Estimate of Himself 155
Rode on an Ekka 161
Considerate to Pressmen 163
Never Forgot Old Comrades 165
Endured Shocks with Equanimity 167
His Zest for Holi 169
‘Where is the Banana Skin?’ 173
‘You are a Strange Person’ 175
Gift from Prison 177
His Colleagues Loved Him 179
‘Ask ED. to Autograph it’ 181
Immersing Feroze’s Ashes 183
A Superb Draftsman 185
Gandhi Trusted Nehru 187
‘Now Break Your Fast’ 189
Fond of Simple Food 191
Wrote His own Speeches 193
Got Less, Deserved More 195
His Love and Longings 197
Ignored Sister’s Letter 205
As Friend and Father 209
Man of Great Vision 211
His Confessions 213
A Genuine Democrat 215
‘His Death Shook Me Deeply’ 217
People Deeply Adored Him 219
His Moving Letters to Indira 221
Could have Lived Longer 223

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