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Gandhi on Nehru

AuthorEdited by Anand T. Hingorani
Publisher710 p,

Contents: Preface. I. Viewpoints: 1. Complementarity of Gandhi and Nehru (by R. Venkataraman). 2. Einstein on Gandhi and Nehru. 3. Nehru--as Gandhi saw him. 4. Gandhi--as Nehru saw him. II. Gandhi on Nehru: A record of Gandhi\'s speeches, writings, interviews, personal letters, etc.,--in the order of events--from 1920 to 1948 concerning India\'s struggle for freedom with 10 photo sections. III. Gandhi: 1. Gandhi\'s message to mankind. 2. Gandhi--in the eyes of the world (with photo section). 3. Gandhi chronology. 4. Gandhi fasts. 5. Gandhi\'s imprisonments. 6. Gandhi\'s day in prison. 7. Gandhi album. IV. Nehru: 1. The mind of Nehru. 2. Nehru--in the eyes of the world (with photo section). 3. Nehru chronology. 4. Nehru\'s imprisonments. 5. Nehru\'s day in prison. 6. Nehru\'s last will and testament. 7. Nehru album. V. Miscellanea: 1. Index to "Gandhi on Nehru". 2. Glossary. 3. Bibliography. VI. Gandhi series: 1. Opinions. 2. Reviews. 3. Publications.

From the preface: "The book gives you wide-ranging glimpses of Jawaharlal and his multi-faceted personality as a politician, a statesman, a leader of men, a freedom fighter, a builder of modern India, a writer, a historian, a poet, a philosopher, a democrat and a lover of peace. A noted American professor, Norman Cousins, has rightly remarked that Nehru was not one man, but "he was a procession of men," as in him you witnessed many distinct and different personalities. The book also gives you a profound understanding and appraisal of Nehru by Gandhi, which has a distinct value of its own, as no other person ever came to be so closely and intimately associated with this Colossus of the age, in all walks of his life and at all levels, as did the Mahatma. Intrestingly, the reader will also have before him a highly revealing picture of a gradual growth and unfoldment of Jawaharlal\'s charismatic personality and the wonderful transformation it underwent, almost imperceptibly, step by step and day by day, under the benign, ever-loving guidance of his master, and also under the powerful, moral and spiritual impact of our national struggle for freedom in which Jawaharlal played such a stellar role."

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