Questions:
1. About whom is the passage written?
2. Why does Nehru make the difference about being a "Hindu" and an "Indian"? Is there any difference really?
3. What great Lessons did this great man show us for life.
4. Mention some of the virtues of "the great nationalist".
5. Nehru seems to suggest that his hero was "the beloved champion and leader of the people of India" only before the partition of Pakistan and India. Do you agree with that? Explain.
Answers
Answer:
Yes
Explanation:
Nehru was impressed by the virtues like truth, justice and equality of the "beloved championship and leader of the people of the India". But it was only before the partition of India and pakistan as Nehru never wanted this partition.
Answer:
Yes, there is a difference.
because in India different religious people are living. Hinduism is a type of religion and Indian means that a particular person belongs to the country India.
Explanation:
Nehru was an extraordinary giant of our freedom struggle, a prominent maker of modern India, a great believer in pluralism, and the chief architect of our democracy, socialism, and secular ethos. These were intertwined with science, technology, and innovation in his scheme of things. His artistry of crafting and building a new nation from the older version marred by orthodoxy, hierarchy, and the wreckage of a decaying empire was remarkable. As things stand today, most people would agree that Nehru was the undisputed hero of his age. But are efforts on to make him an outcast? I would argue that the open, civilized and reformist political system we have today is premised on three principles institutionalized by Nehru in the socio-political fabric of India: democracy, secularism, and pluralism. There could have been no alternative to the Gandhi-Nehru framework of the Indian body politic. With each passing day, Nehruvian politics based on the Gandhian ethic gains relevance.
Nehru instilled democratic values in India. He cherished and strengthened democracy, knowing that by opting for the ballot box and propagating ideas of equality, in the words of Walter Crocker, he was abolishing the dominance of ‘upper-class Indian nationalists of English education’ like himself from the political system. Nehru’s commitment to democracy was reflected in the respect he showed to Parliament, the Opposition, independence of the judiciary, free elections, and freedom of the press. Underlying this institutional machinery was the value system of Gandhi — based on communal harmony, non-violence, the importance of each individual, and the emancipation of the oppressed sections of the society — which Nehru was heir to. He knew democracy required the spirit of tolerance and cooperation and made Indians believe they had the capacity to sustain the democratic spirit.