Category: Letters
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Nehru on Govt. Scholarship to young Irfan Habib
Home Ministry had raised objections to Irfan Habib’s getting a Government scholarship for studies abroad because of his connection with the Communist Party of India. On Zakir Husain’s intervention, Nehru met Irfan Habib. Below is the letter Nehru wrote to Zakir Husain, the Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. New Delhi 12 August 1955 My…
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We Want No Caesars
By Chanakya 5 October, 1937 Rashtrapati Jawaharlal ki Jai. The Rashtrapati looked up as he passed swiftly through the waiting crowds, his hands went up and were joined together in salute, and his pale hard face was lit up by a smile. It was a warm personal smile and the people who saw it responded to…