/sa/ - Sāhitya & Itihāsa

For Nehru National Development was not just limited to scientific,economic and social gains but individual gains, at a Personal level. For Nehru a strong Nation only developed when the personalities of Individuals living in this politic grew to be deserving of this growth.

Nehru did not oppose Religions but seeked to make it an agent of State as subservient while keeping the State superior. Religion was used for social organisation (see Manipur's division), but kept limited to individuals thoughts and beliefs. The ideal man in Nehrus India was a rationalist and a Humanist,respected all religions but did not wear it on his sleeve.

>Nehru further believed in the ideals of Social Justice and rejected the idea of a few individuals holding most of the property in Society.

But this didn't imply he was a Communist or Socialist,as he believed them to be murderous savage ideologies. In Nehrus time the individual had value but that was not above the State like in America not absent like in Russia, but subservient to the State.

>Change is necessary but continuity has to be ensured.

Nehru believed in Modern Industrialized India, but also One that was still rooted in how it existed for thousands of years. He was a proponent of Reformism , rather than revolution against Tradition. He was also not a fan of Dogma in any sphere and was in many ways a Free thinker, parts of which can be observed in his personal life. A reason why he chose a mixed economy rather than falling in either extremes. To a lay person it might seem hesitance to take any stance, it was more about choosing your own path rather than anyone side.

Nehru was UC thats why he was better than any LC prime minister.

Rest is just LC cope.

>>587(OP)

>It is not ideology that impacts the change of world , but science and technology improving human life. Function leads Form.

Nehru opined. In many ways, one could label Nehru a technocrat by seeing these words, and his glorification of Dams as the Temples of Modern India. Nehru replaced the Gods of the scriptures with God's of progress as the ultimate Goal of human life. To be an ideal man in Nehruvian India was to work for India's progress before your own. His emphasis on functionalism can also be seen in the types of art and architecture made during Nehruvian era.

>Nehru also once suggested that the individual can only develop with the State's blessings and support to grow bold and take risks.

This misses a very fundamental part of Indian civillisation that has led to weakening of Nehruvianism, the replacment of the Society and Individual with the State and Individual.

>>588

Was Morarji Desai also a good pm?

>>590

Obviously, he got rid of some good for nothing R&AW agents, they were just liability, emailing some junk pakistani info from time to time

>>624

Bullshit