self composed poem recitation on nehrujicha jevanavar
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Great poets and politicians hardly find themselves on the same page. But then India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was a rare exception. Immensely respected for his literary genius and human values, Nehru was equally admired as a statesman by the poets of his times.
Nehru himself was much influenced by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. “More than any other Indian”, he wrote in his book, The Discovery of India, “he (Tagore) has helped to bring into harmony the ideals of the East and West, and broadened the bases of Indian nationalism. He has been India’s internationalist par excellence, believing and working for international co-operation, taking India’s message to other countries and bringing their messages to his own people”.
He has repeatedly mentioned Tagore in his celebrated book Glimpses of World History, an anthology of letters written to his daughter Indira Gandhi from jail, as well.
The connoisseurs of Urdu poetry would vouch for the bond that Raghupati Sahay better known as Firaq Gorakhpuri and Josh Malihabadi shared with Nehru.
Josh—who bitterly regretted for a life time after migrating to Pakistan against his friend Nehru’s advice—had once remarked that “Nehru was a good human being and a bad politician.”
The folklores around the songs of Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar refuse to fade away. Many fondly recall how a poignant song like Aye Mere Watan Kay Logo and later Chahunga Main Tujhe which featured in Dosti, 1964, bedimmed Nehru’s eyes in public functions.