Word: nehru
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
AMERICAN UNITY AND ASIA-Pearl S. Buck-John Day ($1). GLIMPSES OF WORLD HISTORY - Jawaharlal Nehru-John...
...tomorrow is the necessity for the changing mind of the West to understand the changing mind of the East. Both these books, in different ways, contribute to such an understanding. Pearl Buck stresses some of the difficulties in understanding the Asiatic mind. India's National Congress Leader Jawaharlal Nehru exhibits a little of that mind itself...
Treasure Seekers. In the stifling-hot Indian town of Wardha last week, the top men of the Congress party had their heads together. The West first, heard that both Gandhi and Nehru were demanding that Britain "get out of India" immediately. But as the Congress leaders amplified their thoughts, it appeared that this was a faulty impression...
...Nehru had indeed joined Gandhi in demanding that Britain "get out" politically; that India be given independence at once. But Gandhi wrote that the British military forces "may need to remain in India to prevent a Japanese occupation. That prevention is common cause between them and us. It may be necessary also for the sake of China." Thus Gandhi had retreated far from his stand for nonviolent nonresistance only. But he also made it clear that he still believes in nonviolence as the best defensive technique for most of India's millions, whose only weapons are sticks & stones...
Both Gandhi and Nehru declared that a free India would immediately ally herself with the United Nations...