who wrote 'we nehru's' book
Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate


who calls the book "the best single-volume study" of Nehru, with "arguments and conclusions [that] speak directly to the present", wrote in 2006 that in his opinion the following excerpts taken from Crocker's book provide for the best summing up of Nehru as an individual and as a leader: The 2009 reprint removed Toynbee's foreword and an introductory chapter on Indian society and history and added annotations to contextualize material for modern readers that would likely have been familiar to the original audience of Crocker's book
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Kashmir conflict


These two neighbours came dangerously close to a third war during the Kargil conflict in 1999. In telegram No.413 dated 28 October 1947 addressed to Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nehru wrote, "That Government of India and Pakistan should make a joint request to U.N.O. to undertake a plebiscite in Kashmir at the earliest possible date." Nehru's statement in the Indian Parliament, 26 June 1952, "I want to stress that it is only the people of Kashmir who can decide the future of Kashmir. It is not that we have
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C. Rajagopalachari


contest the election, Madras Governor Sri Prakasa appointed Rajagopalachari as Chief Minister by nomination as MLC without consulting either the Indian Prime Minister Nehru or the ministers in the Madras state cabinet. Rajagopalachari was then able to prove that he had a majority in the assembly by luring MLAs from opposition parties to join the Indian National Congress. Nehru was furious and wrote to Rajagopalachari saying "the one thing we must avoid giving is the impression that we stick to office and we want to keep others out at all costs." Rajagopalachari, however
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An Autobiography (Nehru)


An Autobiography also known as Towards The Freedom, (1936) is an autobiographical book written by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in prison. It ran nine editions in the first year alone. He wrote the book to explore how and why he had ended up taking the path of civil disobedience that in turn led to his imprisonment. Nehru starts his history with how his ancestors had to flee Kashmir, and then goes on to tell about his own life, with a particular emphasis on the
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C. Rajagopalachari


own shoes. Impressed with his abilities, Mountbatten made Rajagopalachari his second choice to succeed him after Vallabhbhai Patel, when he was to leave India in June 1948. Rajagopalachari was eventually chosen as the governor-general when Nehru disagreed with Mountbatten's first choice, as did Patel himself. He was initially hesitant but accepted when Nehru wrote to him, "I hope you will not disappoint us. We want you to help us in many ways. The burden on some of us is more than we can carry." Rajagopalachari
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Jawaharlal Nehru


in the 1970s and later at the Festival of India, London in 1982. Nehru was a prolific writer in English and wrote a number of books, such as "The Discovery of India", "Glimpses of World History", and his autobiography, "Toward Freedom." He had written 30 letters to his daughter Indira Gandhi, when she was 10 years old and in a boarding school in Mussoorie, teaching about natural history and the story of civilisations. The collection of these letters was later published as a book
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Freedom at Midnight


educated Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The authors interviewed many who were there, including a focus on Lord Mountbatten of Burma. They subsequently wrote a book based in particular upon their research on Mountbatten, titled "Mountbatten and the Partition of India". That book contains interviews with Mountbatten, and a selection of papers that were in his possession. "Freedom at Midnight" is a non-fiction book told in a casual style, similar to the authors' previous "Is Paris Burning?" and "
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Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate


Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate is a 1966 book written by Walter Crocker and published by Oxford University Press. It is a biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. The book was originally published with a foreword by Arnold Toynbee. It has been reprinted in 2009 by Random House India with a new foreword by Ramachandra Guha. Crocker had served as the Australian High Commissioner to India between 1952 and 1955 and again from 1958 to 1962. This gave him a privileged opportunity to study Nehru, according to Arnold Toynbee, who declares in his foreword
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh


lifting of the ban on RSS after Gandhi's assassination, Nehru replied that the government had proof that RSS activities were 'anti-national' by virtue of being 'communalist'. In his letter to the heads of provincial governments in December 1947, Nehru wrote that "we have a great deal of evidence to show that RSS is an organisation which is in the nature of a private army and which is definitely proceeding on the strictest Nazi lines, even following the techniques of the organisation". Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the
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Krishna Hutheesing


Nehrus," "With No Regrets," "Nehru's letters to his sister" and "Dear to Behold." Her husband, Raja Hutheesing, also wrote books: "The Great Peace: An Asian's Candid Report on Red China" (1953), "Window on China" (1953), and "Tibet fights for freedom : the story of the March 1959 uprising" (1960). She was associated with the 'Voice of America' and gave several talks. She died in Washington D.C.
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Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi


, and the new government lifted the censorship. G.D. Khosla, one of the judges who heard the assassination proceedings, later wrote of the Godse statement and the reception of his reasons for assassinating Gandhi by the audience in the court: After the assassination, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the nation by radio: Friends and comrades, the light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere, and I do not quite know what to tell you or how to say it. Our beloved leader, Bapu as we
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Jagat Narain Lal


a practising lawyer, editor of journal "Mahavir" (till 1928), a writer who wrote extensively about his political life and spiritual awakening. The Nehru Memorial Library has more than two thousand hand written pages that record his wide intellectual interests and repertoire. In a book recounting his jail years, "Light Unto a Cell". he references the Mahabharat, the Bhagwat Gita, Isha Upanishad, among others. There’s an interesting anecdote in the book, he writes: “Along with my old friend, Narayan Prasad
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Ahmednagar


buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost impregnable, was used by the British to house Jawaharlal Nehru (the first prime minister of India) and other Indian Nationalists before Indian independence. A few rooms there have been converted to a museum. During his confinement by the British at Ahmednagar Fort in 1944, Nehru wrote the famous book "The Discovery of India". Ahmednagar is home to the Indian Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S), the Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre (MIRC)
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Vallabhbhai Patel


to Patel, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared a week of national mourning. Patel's cremation was planned at Girgaum Chowpatty, but this was changed to Sonapur (now Marine Lines) when his daughter conveyed that it was his wish to be cremated like a common man in the same place as his wife and brother were earlier cremated. K.M Munshi wrote in his book that after Patel's death Nehru ‘issued a direction to the Ministers and the Secretaries not to go to Bombay to attend the funeral. Jawaharlal also requested Dr. Rajendra
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Jawaharlal Nehru


influenced by G. M. Trevelyan's Garibaldi books, which he had received as prizes for academic merit. He viewed Garibaldi as a revolutionary hero. He wrote: "Visions of similar deeds in India came before, of [my] gallant fight for [Indian] freedom and in my mind India and Italy got strangely mixed together." Nehru went to Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1907 and graduated with an honours degree in natural science in 1910. During this period, he also studied politics, economics, history and literature
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Harold Laski


held that his early books were the most profound and that he subsequently wrote far too much, with polemics displacing serious analysis." However, Laski had a major long-term impact on support for socialism in India and other countries in Asia and Africa. He taught generations of future leaders at the LSE, most famously, his prize student, Jawaharlal Nehru. According to John Kenneth Galbraith, "the centre of Nehru's thinking was Laski" and "India the country most influenced by Laski's ideas". It is
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Theosophy and politics


. In his autobiography he wrote that, "like many other intellectuals", he realized for the first time the importance of his own culture after meeting the Theosophists. On their recommendation, he read "The Key to Theosophy" by Blavatsky. He wrote, "This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition." Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) was the first Prime Minister of India (from 1947 to 1964)
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar


also wrote a book named "Majhi Janmathep" ("My Life-term") about his experience in Andaman prison. Savarkar has praised the growth of Italy and Germany during the Fascist and Nazi rule; he believed that at that specific point in their history, Nazism and Fascism were "the most congenial tonics, their health demanded." Savarkar criticised Nehru for opposing Nazism, arguing "Surely Hitler knows better than Pandit Nehru does what suits Germany best". However, in the very next sentence of his speech,
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Ahmednagar Fort


Ahmednagar fort. In 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, Arthur Wellesley defeated the Maratha forces and the East India Company came into possession of the fort. The fort was known as Ahmednuggur Fort and was used by the British Raj as a prison and this was where Jawaharlal Nehru, Abul Kalam Azad, Sardar Patel and nine other members of the Indian National Congress were detained for almost three years after they passed the Quit India Resolution. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote his popular book -the Discovery of India- while he was imprisoned at Ahmednagar
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Bharat Ek Khoj


Bharat Ek Khoj ("The Discovery of India") is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book "The Discovery of India" (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru that covers a 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script. Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Kerala Cyber Warriors


agencies websites which was promoting sex racket service. The deface showed up threatening, "we are watching your movements, we will expose and make you put in jail" the websites gone offline and never came online after January 10, 2017, Kerala Cyber Warriors Hacked in to the Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre official website to display Justice For Jishnu Pranoy who was a first year B.Tech student was found hanging at the hostel of the Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre, Pambady in Thrissur. Hacker left a message showing
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Sukumar Sen (linguist)


in any Indian language. "Bangala Sahityer Itihas" was also a monumental contribution. Rabindranath Tagore commended the book and wrote the preface. The English edition was published by the Sahitya Akademi in 1960. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the foreword for this book. His autobiography was 'Diner Pore Din Je Gelo' (The Days Pass By). The London Asiatic Society honoured him with a Jubilee Gold Medal in 1984, making him the first Asian to receive the prize. Other prizes include the Rabindra Puraskar (1963), Ananda
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Ptolemy


the descendants of Alexander's general Ptolemy I, who ruled Egypt, were wise "and included Ptolemy the Wise, who composed the book of the "Almagest"". Abu Maʿshar recorded a belief that a different member of this royal line "composed the book on astrology and attributed it to Ptolemy". We can evidence historical confusion on this point from Abu Maʿshar's subsequent remark "It is sometimes said that the very learned man who wrote the book of astrology also wrote the book of the "Almagest". The
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Jawaharlal Nehru


, and to establish a nuclear weapons capability as part of India's regional superiority to other South-Asian states, most particularly Pakistan. Nehru also told Bhabha, and later it was told by Bhabha to Raja Rammanna, that: "We must have the capability. We should first prove ourselves and then talk of Gandhi, non-violence and a world without nuclear weapons"."" Nehru was hailed by many for working to defuse global tensions and the threat of nuclear weapons after the Korean War (1950–1953).
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Racism in Asia


popularized. Views include dividing linguistic groups into ethnic "classes" (see Historical definitions of races in India). The first Prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote We in India have known racialism in all its forms ever since the commencement of British rule. The idea of a master race is inherent in imperialism ... India as a nation and Indians as individuals were subjected to insult, humiliation and contemptuous treatment. The English were an imperial race, we were told, with the God-given right to govern
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Mark Zuckerberg


than 10 percent of the pages and the average for search is about 20 percent taken up with ads ... That's the simplest thing we could do. But we aren't like that. We make enough money. Right, I mean, we are keeping things running; we are growing at the rate we want to. In 2010, Steven Levy, who wrote the 1984 book "", wrote that Zuckerberg "clearly thinks of himself as a hacker". Zuckerberg said that "it's OK to break things"
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Jawaharlal Nehru


go under. There was no greater prince of peace and apostle of non-violence than Mahatma Gandhi...but yet, he said it was better to take the sword than to surrender, fail or run away. We cannot live carefree assuming that we are safe. Human nature is such. We cannot take the risks and risk our hard-won freedom. We have to be prepared with all modern defense methods and a well-equipped army, navy and air force." Nehru envisioned the development of nuclear
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C. P. Ramaswami Iyer


was a patron of arts and music and was member of experts commettee consisting of some of the leading musicians and scholars to advise the Madras Music Academy. C. P. was a friend of the English writer Somerset Maugham who had a prolonged discussion with while on a visit to Trivandrum. Later, Maugham supplied a eulogy for the book "C. P. by his contemporaries". Indian civil servant C. S. Venkatachar wrote that the Kashmir issue might have been resolved in favour of India had Jawaharlal Nehru chosen C. P. instead of Gopalaswami Ayyangar to
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Suez Crisis


—who had tried to be even-handed between the two sides—denounced Eden and co-sponsors of the aggression vigorously. He had a powerful, if relatively silent, ally in the US president Dwight Eisenhower who went to the extent of using America's clout in the IMF to make Eden and Mollet behave". The Indian historian Inder Malhotra wrote about Nehru's role that: "So the Suez War ended in Britain's humiliation. Eden lost his job. Nehru achieved his objective of protecting Egypt's sovereignty and
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Salim Ali


sparrows in 1963 through Indian birdwatchers subscribed to the "Newsletter for Birdwatchers". Ali had considerable influence in conservation related issues in post-independence India especially through Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi, herself a keen birdwatcher, was influenced by Ali's bird books (a copy of the "Book of Indian Birds" was gifted to her in 1942 by her father Nehru who was in Dehra Dun jail while she herself was imprisoned in Naini Jail) and by the Gandhian birdwatcher Horace Alexander. Ali influenced the
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Acharya Chatursen Shastri


foreword to his book,'Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu', he declares this is his first book and the ones prior to this one were worthless; the book lives up to this declaration. It is hard to imagine a more readable description of society and politics in India around sixth century BC. He was a friend of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, but he opposed Nehru's proposition of secular India. Nehru tried to ban his books after Congress came to power and accused Acharya Chatursen of fuelling tensions between Hindus and Muslims.
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This is Orson Welles


nice little book like this about me." They decided to do a book of interviews together. "Of course it was Welles who suggested the shape of 'the book,' as we called it — we never did arrive at a title we both liked," Bogdanovich wrote. Recorded at intervals in the United States, Mexico and Europe, the interviews were not to be forced into the chronological order of Welles's life. Welles felt they should be more loosely organized, like their conversations. Bogdanovich transcribed the reel
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Jawaharlal Nehru


that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity." On 30 January 1948, Gandhi was shot while he was walking to a platform from which he was to address a prayer meeting. The assassin, Nathuram Godse, was a Hindu nationalist with links to the extremist Hindu Mahasabha party, who held Gandhi responsible for weakening India by insisting upon a payment to Pakistan. Nehru addressed the nation through radio: Friends and comrades, the
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M. O. Mathai


was born in what is now called Kerala. His parents lived in Travancore. He was a Madras University graduate working in Assam when he wrote to Nehru soon after Nehru's release from prison in 1945, offering his services. Subsequently, Nehru met him in Assam and after some leisurely talks in Nehru's hometown of Allahabad, Nehru asked Mathai to join him as a secretary. Natwar Singh in his autobiography "One Life is Not Enough" alleges that Mathai was paid by the C.I.A, which gained access to every paper passing
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Shangri Lhagyal


message from the Prime Minister Nehru: "My colleagues and I welcome you and send greetings on your safe arrival in India. We shall be happy to afford the necessary facilities to you, your family and entourage to reside in India. The people of India, who hold you in great veneration, will no doubt accord their traditional respect to your personage. Kind regards to you. Nehru." Rinchen Dolma Taring (popularly known as Taring Amala) was one of the most prominent educators in the exile Tibetan community in India
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We Who Are Alive and Remain


We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers is a military non-fiction book published in 2009 by Penguin/Berkley-Caliber publishers. Journalist Marcus Brotherton is credited with the book's authorship. Brotherton also co-wrote "Call of Duty" with Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton. The book lists 20 main contributors all of whom were members of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, the company of soldiers that has come to be known as the original Band of Brothers.
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Ibn al-Jazzar


assistant serve them who stood in the vestibule of the house, and who collected the fees of the consultations. We do not know the amount of a consultation or a visit at his home, but we know that at his death Ibn Al Jazzar left 24000 gold dinars. The Aghlabid dinar weighed 4.20 grams. Ibn Al Jazzar wrote a number of books. They deal with grammar, history, jurisprudence, prosody, etc. Many of these books, quoted by different authors are lost. The most important book of Ibn Al
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Vidyajyoti College of Theology


scholars and staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University, the University of Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia and other scholars from India and abroad. From 2005 we have started the process of digitalising some rare and ancient books and manuscripts in Vidyajyoti Library as a collaborative venture with the EurIndia Project of Preservation of Rare Books to make these rich resources available to scholars through internet facilities. The Hosten Collections are also in the process of being digitalised. Theological research being one of the aims of the Vidyajyoti faculty, it endeavours to publish the results of the
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Jawaharlal Nehru


in 1947. While laying the foundation stone of the National Defence Academy in 1949, he stated: "We, who for generations had talked about and attempted in everything a peaceful way and practised non-violence, should now be, in a sense, glorifying our army, navy and air force. It means a lot. Though it is odd, yet it simply reflects the oddness of life. Though life is logical, we have to face all contingencies, and unless we are prepared to face them, we will
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Mahendra Sukhdeo


the Bombay College of Journalism and the other, 'Petals', was included in the University Journal (1967). He met Nehru in Bombay in May 1963 when he was casually engaged as an information aide for the Government of India pavilion, showcasing the lavish 'Our Himalayas' exhibition. On Nehru's 80th birth anniversary, he wrote an extensive article, "Face to face with Nehru" in the 'Fiji Times (17 November 1969) and his photograph together with Nehru was published in "Shanti Dut",
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Neville Maxwell


bureau. In 1959 he was posted to New Delhi as the South Asia correspondent. In the next eight years he travelled from Kabul to East Pakistan and Kathmandu to Ceylon, reporting in detail the end of the Nehru era in India and the post-Nehru developments. During the 1962 Sino-Indian War, Maxwell wrote for "The Times" from New Delhi, and was the only reporter there who did not uncritically accept the official Indian account of events. This eventually led to his "virtual expulsion" from India.
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah


". The film was dedicated to Nehru and Mountbatten and was given considerable support by Nehru's daughter, the Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi. It portrays Jinnah (played by Alyque Padamsee) in an unflattering light, who seems to act out of jealousy of Gandhi. Padamsee later stated that his portrayal was not historically accurate. In a journal article on Pakistan's first governor-general, historian R. J. Moore wrote that Jinnah is universally recognised as central to the creation of Pakistan. Stanley Wolpert summarises the profound effect that
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Jawaharlal Nehru


his interest in theosophy did not prove to be enduring and he left the society shortly after Brooks departed as his tutor. He wrote: "for nearly three years [Brooks] was with me and in many ways he influenced me greatly". Nehru's theosophical interests had induced him to the study of the Buddhist and Hindu scriptures. According to Bal Ram Nanda, these scriptures were Nehru's "first introduction to the religious and cultural heritage of [India]...[they] provided Nehru the initial impulse for [his] long
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Jawaharlal Nehru


discrimination faced by Indians in the British colonies. When World War I broke out, sympathy in India was divided. Although educated Indians "by and large took a vicarious pleasure" in seeing the British rulers humbled, the ruling upper classes sided with the Allies. Nehru confessed that he viewed the war with mixed feelings. Frank Moraes wrote: "If [Nehru's] sympathy was with any country it was with France, whose culture he greatly admired." During the war, Nehru volunteered for the St John Ambulance and
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Lesbian pulp fiction


sympathetic about lesbianism and earned Meaker the ire of the Daughters of Bilitis printed in "The Ladder". Barbara Grier once referred to her as "the evil genius." Meaker later wrote books for young adults under the names M.E. Kerr and Mary James. Meaker wrote: "Spring Fire", 1952 Gold Medal Books; "We Walk Alone", 1955 Gold Medal Books; "We Too Must Love", 1958 Gold Medal Books; "Carol in a Thousand Cities", 1960 Gold Medal Books; "We
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Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate


that this book will continue to be of interest to posterity because of Crocker's "first hand knowledge" which makes the book "priceless" and "irreplaceable". Historian Madhavan Palat, the series editor of Oxford University Press's "Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru", notes that Crocker "was no blind admirer of the Prime Minister of the country he was accredited to. In fact, he rather admired some of Nehru’s democratic opponents more — like, for instance, C Rajagopalachari and Jayaprakash Narayan. And yet he
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Vallabhbhai Patel


the then civil servant MKK Nair in his book "With No Ill Feeling to Anybody", Nehru shouted and accused Patel of being a communalist. Patel also one on occasion called Nehru, a Maulana, for appeasing Muslims. When Nehru pressured Rajendra Prasad to decline a nomination to become the first President of India in 1950 in favour of Rajagopalachari, he angered the party, which felt Nehru was attempting to impose his will. Nehru sought Patel's help in winning the party over, but Patel declined, and Prasad was duly
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Nehru Memorial Museum & Library


by Ruskin Bond, "Nehru Anthology " (1980) and "Nehru Anthology". Nehru Memorial Museum & Library has over the years supported scholars and historians across India. Through its fellowship programme, the Nehru Memorial Fellowship, it has funded some of India’s best academics such as Chief Information Commissioner OP Kejriwal. It is also one of the best libraries in Delhi for the social sciences as it has a huge collection on labour related issues in the form of PhD dissertations, reports, books, journals and news papers.
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Jawaharlal Nehru


increase the legal rights and social freedoms of women. Nehru specifically wrote Article 44 of the Indian constitution under the Directive Principles of State Policy which states : 'The State shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.' The article has formed the basis of secularism in India. However, Nehru has been criticized for the inconsistent application of the law. Most notably, Nehru allowed Muslims to keep their personal law in matters relating to marriage and inheritance. Also in the small state of
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Nehru–Gandhi family


The Nehru Family is an Indian political family that has occupied a prominent place in the politics of India. The involvement of the family has traditionally revolved around the Indian National Congress, as various members have traditionally led the party. Three members of the family Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi have served as the Prime Minister of India, while several others have been members of the parliament. "The Guardian" wrote in 2007 "The Nehru brand has no peer in the world — a member of the family has
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India and the United Nations


the three international commissions for supervision and control for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos established by the 1954 Geneva Accords on Indochina. India also had an active role to play in the Suez Crisis in 1956 with the role of Nehru, both as Indian Prime minister and a leader of the Non-Aligned Movement being significant. Indian historian Inder Malhotra wrote that "Now Nehru—who had tried to be even-handed between the two sides—denounced Anthony Eden (the then British Prime Minister) and co-sponsors of the
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Original Goodness (book)


hope, freedom from fear—are already ours. We simply have to uncover what we already have and are. He stated that the book "traces our current environmental problems to a single source: our mistaken understanding of who we are and what the universe is like," and that it draws heavily on the Christian mystics and on the Gospel. In "The Hindu", C. S. Ramakrishnan wrote that "Life is a grand challenge and the rightful place of every one of us is at the summit of living.
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Watchmen


who wrote in during the last four issues of the series. He decided to use the extra pages to fill out the series' backstory. Moore said, "By the time we got around to issue #3, #4, and so on, we thought that the book looked nice without a letters page. It looks less like a comic book, so we stuck with it." "Watchmen" features a story within a story in the form of "Tales of the Black Freighter", a fictional comic
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Salt March


offence. Even though salt was freely available to those living on the coast (by evaporation of sea water), Indians were forced to buy it from the colonial government. Initially, Gandhi's choice of the salt tax was met with incredulity by the Working Committee of the Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru and Dibyalochan Sahoo were ambivalent; Sardar Patel suggested a land revenue boycott instead. "The Statesman", a prominent newspaper, wrote about the choice: "It is difficult not to laugh, and we imagine that will be the
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Purushottama Lal


Western Maryland College. He married Shyamasree Devi in 1955, and had a son, Ananda Lal, and a daughter, Srimati Lal. Under the name of P. Lal, he wrote eight books of poetry, over a dozen volumes of literary criticism, a memoir, several books of stories for children, as well as dozens of translations from other languages, chiefly Sanskrit, into English. He also edited a number of literary anthologies. He was awarded the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1969. He is perhaps best known as
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Wahab Ashrafi


He is an ex-Professor and Head-of-Department of the Dept of Urdu at Ranchi University. He is also an Ex-Professor in Department of Linguistic at Jawahar Lal Nehru. University (JNU), New Delhi. He is ex-chairman, Bihar University Service Commission and ex-chairman, Bihar Intermediate Council, Patna. Vice–President of the progressive writer association, World. Wahab Ashrafi wrote more than three dozen books some of which have been mentioned below Many of his books and works have been
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M. K. K. Nair


Neelakantan Nambisan of which Hyderali served as a faculty at the cultural wing of FACT. Nair wrote his autobiography, "Aarodum Paribhavamillathe" (With Malice Towards None: The Chronicle of an Era), as a weekly article serial in Kalakaumudi, detailing his experiences during and after his administrative career. The book, while narrating his early administrative days, describes the Indian annexation of Hyderabad, code-named "Operation Polo" as well as the political differences between Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The book was later translated into
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The Library (book)


is a friend whose face is constantly changing... Books change like friends, like ourselves, like everything; but they are most piquant in the contrasts they provoke, when the friend who gave them and wrote them is a success, though we laughed at him; a failure, though we believed in him; altered in any case, and estranged from his old self and old days. The vanished past returns when we look at the pages. The vicissitudes of years are printed and packed in a thin octavo, and the
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Braj Kumar Nehru


' negotiations with Britain at the post-Second World War reparations conference. Nehru wrote an autobiography titled "Nice Guys Finish Second". Mr. Ramesh Kumar Saxena, who worked for him for 35 years, helped writing his biography. He was appointed an MBE in the 1945 New Year Honours. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1999. The speech "Civil Service in Transition" delivered at the India International Center in New Delhi on 15 October 1999 describes the need and the role played by a strong civil service. It
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Fiji Indian National Congress


meeting in Suva, Dr Hamilton Beattie, who had taken upon himself the responsibility of improving the status of the Indian community, formed another organisation with the same name. Vishnu Deo wrote to Jawaharlal Nehru, asking for a copy of the constitution on the Indian National Congress, saying that Indians in Fiji wanted to form a similar Congress and Nehru gave his blessing. On 7 October 1929, at a meeting in Lautoka organised by S. B. Patel, the two Congresses agreed to amalgamate and 7 November 1929 the amalgamation was formalised at
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India–Portugal relations


Portuguese. Communist parties led protests marked by rioting in several locations as well as fomenting strikes in several factories demanding an armed response. Nehru described the Portuguese reaction as "brutal and uncivilized in the extreme." but added: "We will not be forced or hustled into what we consider wrong action. The Portuguese are deliberately trying to provoke us." The press in India was sharply critical of Nehru's position on Goa. "The Times of India" attacked him for "vacillation, contradiction and appeasement.",
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Johann Christoph Arnold


world." In 1996, Arnold wrote "A Plea for Purity", later renamed "Sex, God and Marriage". The book was endorsed by Pope Benedict XVI while he was still a cardinal saying "I am very happy for this book and for its moral conviction." The foreword was written by Mother Teresa, who wrote: In this book we find a message needed today in every part of the world. To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of
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Javare Gowda


and more. He also wrote books for children on Albert Einstein, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Marie Curie and more. He published various books on Kuvempu and "Soundarya Yogi Kuvempu" narrates Gowda's experiences with Kuvempu. In 1970 he chaired the Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana which was held at Bangalore. On 31 January 2006, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Gowda observed a dawn-to-dusk fast seeking classical language status for Kannada. Earlier he had fasted once before for same cause and also threatened to
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Gone Girl (film)


draft and an experienced screenwriter takes over; but, on this occasion, Fincher agreed to work with Flynn for the entire project. Flynn later explained: "... he [Fincher] responded to the first draft and we have kind of similar sensibilities. We liked the same things about the book, and we wanted the same thing out of the movie." As further preparation, Flynn studied screenplay books and also met with Steve Kloves, who wrote the screenplays for the "Harry Potter" series. Fincher also provided guidance
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Jawaharlal Nehru


of not continuing the futile politics of representation". He ridiculed the Indian Civil Service for its support of British policies. He noted that someone had once defined the Indian Civil Service, "with which we are unfortunately still afflicted in this country, as neither Indian, nor civil, nor a service". Motilal Nehru, a prominent moderate leader, acknowledged the limits of constitutional agitation, but counselled his son that there was no other "practical alternative" to it. Nehru, however, was not satisfied with the pace
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C. D. Narasimhaiah


of the Study of Australia in Asia (ASAA), published several books on literature, culture and arts, the abridged version of "Discovery of India" of Jawaharlal Nehru, published in 1981 by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund is the most notable among them. "Jawaharlal Nehru: A Study of His Writings and Speeches", "The writer's Gandhi", "The Human Idioms (Three lectures on Jawaharlal Nehru)","The Swan and the Eagle: Essays on Indian English Literature", "Raja Rao", "Makers of
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Jawaharlal Nehru


independence. Nehru drafted the Indian declaration of independence, which stated: We believe that it is the inalienable right of the Indian people, as of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life, so that they may have full opportunities of growth. We believe also that if any government deprives a people of these rights and oppresses them the people have a further right to alter it or abolish it. The British government in India has not only deprived the Indian
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Multilateralism


after independence reflected its idiosyncratic culture and politic traditions. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, in March 1950, Nehru affirmed: “It should not be supposed that we are starting on a clean slate. It is a policy which flowed from our recent history and from our national movement and its development and from various ideals we have proclaimed. (Nehru, 1961, p.34). In fact, the foreign policy culture of India is an elite culture, meaning, in effect,
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Theosophy and politics


. When he was 11 years old, the Irish Theosophist Ferdinand Brooks became his home teacher, who was recommended by Annie Besant to his father. According to Nehru, Brooks taught him for three years and has extremely influenced him: for some time, Theosophy had a strongest impact on him. When he was only thirteen years old he, having received the permission of his father, joined TS. He wrote that "Mrs. Besant herself performed the ceremony of initiation." According to Prof. Wessinger, Nehru, like many young
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh


food, milk, and potable water to the people of Surat, Gujarat, who were affected by floods in the region. The RSS volunteers carried out relief and rehabilitation work after the floods affected North Karnataka and some districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh. In 2013, following the Uttarakhand floods, RSS volunteers were involved in flood relief work through its offices set up at affected areas. India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had been vigilant towards RSS since he had taken charge. When Golwalkar wrote to Nehru asking for the
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Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma


now it was unclear whether the romance was ever consummated, their fondness for one another was evident and caused widespread speculation.. But in 2012 Edwina's Daughter Lady Pamela Hicks accepted that there was a romance between her mother and Jawaharlal Nehru; which she mentioned in the book "Daughter Of Empire: Life As A Mountbatten". The relationship was blamed for contributing to the alienation of Muslim leaders, who feared that through Edwina, Nehru was biasing the Viceroy in favour of Hindus and the Indian National Congress. Lady Mountbatten, in
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Jinnah, with proposals for a settlement of the constitutional problem. As soon as he arrived he discovered that India was more deeply divided than he had imagined. Nehru, eager for a compromise, was hopeful. Gandhi was not. Jinnah had continued opposing the Congress. "Pakistan is our only demand, and by God we will have it.", declared the Muslim League newspaper "Dawn". Cripps's mission failed as Gandhi would accept nothing less than independence. Relations between Nehru and Gandhi cooled over the latter's
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James Bond fandom


protested Craig's on-screen consumption of beer rather than a martini. The media historian James Chapman identifies a divide between the fans of the Bond films and those who focus on the Fleming books. He quotes oppositional views. Anthony Burgess wrote that "It is time for aficionados of the films to get back to the books and admire their quality as literature" and the authors of a fan history wrote that "We seek to reclaim Bond from the humourless Fleming pedants who view Bond as fixed, immutable, an unalterable period
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Forward Policy


policy of establishing new outposts further to the north of the LOC. In June 1962, local Indian commanders had established Dhola Post, in Tawang. The issue was that Dhola Post was one mile north of the McMahon Line, and clearly regarded as being in Chinese territory even by Indian standards. General Niranjan Prasad, commander of 4 Division, wrote later: “We at the front knew that since Nehru had said he was going to attack, the Chinese were certainly not going to wait to be attacked". The outcome
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Nessa Carey


altered 'epigenetically' by our environments or diets. These changes can subsequently impact future generations. The book discusses controversies which are a part of this rapidly developing field and explores explanations other than epigenetics for some findings. Peter Forbes of "The Guardian" wrote that while the book does not simplify scientific terminology for the general reader, it "is the first to set out the epigenetics stall for the general reader, and anyone seriously interested in who we are and how we function should read this book". Other reviewers also
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Edward John Thompson


Rule in India" (1934), "Ethical Ideals in India Today" (1942) and "The Making of the Indian Princes" (1943) are among the books that he wrote on India's history and culture. "The Making of the Indian Princes" was read by Nehru in the Ahmednagar jail and reviewed favourably by E. M. Forster. "Suttee" (1928), on the outlawed practice of Sati, "The Life of Charles, Lord Metcalfe" (1937), his biography of the English
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India–Israel relations


of Israel. Following India's recognition of Israel, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru stated, "we would have [recognised Israel] long ago, because Israel is a fact. We refrained because of our desire not to offend the sentiments of our friends in the Arab countries." In 1953, Israel was permitted to open a consulate in Bombay (now Mumbai). However, the Nehru government did not want to pursue full diplomatic relations with Israel as it supported the Palestinian cause, and believed that permitting Israel to open
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May Massee


, author-illustrators, librarians, a book designer, and book-sellers sang her praises. Frances Clarke Sayers wrote of Massee, "She not only responds to creative work when it is completed but she senses the hidden possibilities in the writers and artists themselves." She was able to respond with enthusiasm and uplift those who worked with her positively without discouraging them. Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of Madeline, once wrote to Massee explaining his attitude in writing a children's book: "We are writing for Children but
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Jawaharlal Nehru


with the rise of Hitler and his espoused intentions. In the face of these allegations, Nehru responded, "We have sympathy for the national movement of Arabs in Palestine because it is directed against British Imperialism. Our sympathies cannot be weakened by the fact that the national movement coincides with Hitler's interests." During the mid-1930s, Nehru was much concerned with developments in Europe, which seemed to be drifting toward another world war. He was in Europe in early 1936, visiting his ailing wife, shortly before she died
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Niki Savva


of Savva's claims in the book having been disputed since its publication. Michael Gawenda wrote in "The Sydney Morning Herald": "It is a terrific book, but that's not the point here. The point is that Savva does not rely on anonymous sources for her examination of the relationship between Abbott and Peta Credlin. Her sources are named. They speak for themselves. We know who they are and where they worked and we know the terms and circumstances of their relationships with Abbott or Credlin." "The
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Everybody Needs Somebody to Love


. The whole process of making a record is a collaborative affair and the issue of who does just what on a song sometimes gets confusing, but not on that song. We wrote it in Bert's apartment. Bert had a guitar and we wrote it together." Burke's version, while later ranked #429 on the "Rolling Stone" magazine's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and ranked #447 in Dave Marsh's book, "In The Heart of Rock & Soul: The
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Sheikh Abdullah


. He has quoted B.N. Mullicks' statements in his book "My Years with Nehru" in support of his statement. A.G. Noorani writing in Frontline supports this view, as according to him Nehru himself ordered the arrest. On 8 April 1964 the State Government dropped all charges in the so-called "Kashmir Conspiracy Case". Sheikh Abdullah was released and returned to Srinagar where he was accorded an unprecedented welcome by the people of the valley". After his release he was reconciled with Nehru. Nehru requested Sheikh Abdullah to
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Nehru Centre


biographies. There is also a good collection of books on and by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi. Situated on the ground floor of the Discovery of India building, this gallery consists of two parts. The Nehru Centre Art Gallery is dedicated to promotion of young talent and provides a platform for them to exhibit their work along with that of eminent artists. Regular cultural programmes are organised by Culture wing in all branches of performing arts, like dance, drama, music, etc. Nehru Centre has two well lit
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Last and First Men


"." John Maynard Smith has said "A man called Olaf Stapledon was a marvellous predictor who wrote science fiction books that I read when I was 16 and that completely blew my mind; and Arthur C. Clarke put his finger on quite a number of bright thoughts. He and I have something in common: we both took out of the public library the same science fiction book when we were boys of about 15 or 16, which was Stapledon's "Last and First Men". We took it out of the
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Jawaharlal Nehru


refusal to co-operate with Cripps, but the two later reconciled. On 15 January 1941, Gandhi had stated: Some say Jawaharlal and I were estranged. It will require much more than difference of opinion to estrange us. We had differences from the time we became co-workers and yet I have said for some years and say so now that not Rajaji but Jawaharlal will be my successor. In 1942, Gandhi called on the British to leave India; Nehru, though reluctant to embarrass the allied war effort,
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Biju Patnaik


was criticized in the Parliament for his decision to provide more aid to Odisha. Nehru replied, '"Biju Patnaik has the courage, dynamism and zeal to work. So there is no blunder in giving more aid to Odisha." During the Sino-Indian War in 1962, Nehru consulted the Oriya leader repeatedly for advice. For sometime he was Nehru's defence advisor, unofficially of course. 'The prime minister was dazzled by Mr Patnaik's familiarity with military subjects,' wrote a political commentator of the time.
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Analysis paralysis


, H. Igor Ansoff wrote the book "Corporate Strategy: An Analytic Approach to Business Policy for Growth and Expansion". He used the phrase "paralysis by analysis" in reference to those who used the approach to excess. Ansoff had referenced Schwartz's paper in couple of his papers. In a paper published in 1970, based on a speech in 1969 and other works, Silver and Hecker wrote: The Duke group has used the term "analysis-paralysis" to point out that, if we wait until we have
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The Discovery of India


Abul Kalam Azad, Govind Ballabh Pant, Narendra Deva and Asaf Ali. All his fellow prisoners (eleven of them) were political prisoners from various parts of the country, having deep knowledge about the various aspects of India which the book discusses. They also participated in proofreading Nehru's work and providing him with creative suggestions. The book is presently published by the 'Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund' and the copyright for the book is held by his grand daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi. The book became the basis of
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Jawaharlal Nehru


give an assurance of full independence for India after the war and allow the election of a constituent assembly to frame a new constitution; second, although the Indian armed forces would remain under the British Commander-in-Chief, Indians must be included immediately in the central government and given a chance to share power and responsibility. When Nehru presented Lord Linlithgow with the demands, he chose to reject them. A deadlock was reached. "The same old game is played again", Nehru wrote bitterly to Gandhi, "the
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Dorothy Norman


of Man for its curator Edward Steichen, a long-term associate of Alfred Stieglitz. She wrote or edited numerous books including "The Selected Writings of John Marin" (1949); "Nehru: The First Sixty Years" (1965), a two-volume collection of the Indian leader's writings; "Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer" (1970), the first full-length biography of the American modernist; and "Indira Gandhi: Letters to an American Friend" (1985). Her memoir
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Action of 31 July 1793


historian Edward Pelham Brenton published his work "Naval History of Great Britain from the Year 1783 to 1822", in which he wrote that: This version of events was refuted in 1827 by historian William James, who wrote in response to Brenton that "All we [James] can say to this extraordinary statement is, that our [James'] account was taken chiefly from "Boston"s log book, and we have not the least reason, from subsequent inquiries, to believe it to be incorrect." Subsequent histories,
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Dharma Seed


Dharma, the more Dharma seeds will emerge for us, and the more genuine topics we shall have for vipassana meditation." Dharma Seed highlights the importance of preserving the oral transmission of Dharma teachings. Alan Reder wrote that although "[books] still offer the greatest variety of material, plus unmatched depth and detail. However, they sometimes yield only the faintest impression of the people who wrote them, and that can make a crucial difference with wise beings whose inspiring presence is part of their teaching... Fortunately, we can
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British Bangladeshi


photography Runa Islam. In Sport, the only Bangladeshi professional footballer in England is Anwar Uddin. Writers which have received praise and criticism for their books include Zia Haider Rahman who debut novel In the Light of What We Know was published in 2014., Ed Husain, who wrote the book "The Islamist" on account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-Tahrir, Monica Ali for her book "Brick Lane" a story based on a Bangladeshi woman, and Kia Abdullah for her book, "Life
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Syed Shahabuddin


matter, Shahabuddin founded an Action Committee which passed a resolution demanding an inquiry into the killing. To pacify the protesters, the then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru visited Patna. In response, he led 20 thousand student protesters to the Patna Airport where they waved black flags. Due to this activity, he found it difficult to get clearance to join the Indian Foreign Service. However, he received clearance due to Nehru's intervention and endorsement. Nehru wrote that his "participation in the disturbances was not politically motivated. It
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Bismil Saeedi


Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977) (بسمل سعیدی), hailing from Tonk, India, in Rajasthan state, was an Urdu poet who mainly wrote ghazals. Bismil Saeedi who had settled in Delhi died in Delhi on 26 September 1977. The Urdu poets of Tonk preferred the style and mannerism of Momin to that of Ghalib. A master of classic diction Bismil Saeedi wrote mainly ghazals. He was a recipient of Ghalib Award and Nehru Award. A collection of his ghazals titled "Auraq e Zindagi" was published by P.K.Publications in the
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Srinath Raghavan


by Nehru in facing the major dilemmas during his tenure. It offers a "brilliant account" of the events that shaped Nehru's strategic thinking and his approach to crisis management. She assessed the book's original findings are highly relevant to the ongoing crises in the subcontinent. However, while the book contained excellent historical account, she found it to be short on "theoretical reflection". She also noted that the book covered a selection of case studies, mainly dealing with India's princely states and crises with neighbours but omitted
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The Discovery of India


thoughts and knowledge about India's history. The book provides a broad view of Indian history, philosophy and culture, as viewed from the eyes of an Indian fighting for the independence of his country. In "The Discovery of India", Nehru argued that India was a historic nation with a right to sovereignty. This book also analyses in depth the philosophy of Indian life. Nehru attributes some of the content of the book to his fellow prisoners at Ahmednagar jail. He gives special mention to four of them namely, Maulana
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Flann mac Lonáin


The Irish Tradition" (1946), Robin Flower wrote at some length of him and the legends surrounding his life. Flann is mentioned in the oldest surviving personal letter from Ireland, which dates from the mid 12th century and was addressed to Áed Ua Crimthainn, compiler of the Book of Leinster, by Find, Bishop of Kildare, who wrote: "Let the poem book of Mac Lonáin be brought to me so that we may study the meanings of the poems that are in it, "et vale in Christo"
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places


war, no more." The book was also praised for its message about the horrors of war. A review by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David K. Shipler for "The New York Times" wrote "If Hollywood has the courage to turn this book into a movie, then we Americans might finally have a chance to come to terms with the tragedy in Vietnam." The "Washington Post" reviewer wrote: "It should not be missed by anyone -- especially anyone who still thinks there is anything noble or glorious
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Jawaharlal Nehru


led India to a crushing military victory over rival Pakistan in 1971. Toward the end of the war India had increased her support for Tibetan refugees and revolutionaries, some of them having settled in India, as they were fighting the same common enemy in the region. Nehru ordered the raising of an elite Indian-trained "Tibetan Armed Force" composed of Tibetan refugees, which served with distinction in future wars against Pakistan in 1965 and 1971. During the conflict, Nehru wrote two desperate letters to US President John F. Kennedy,
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