'I think he would have liked to have thrown a ringed fence around India to keep out the modern world,' says historian Judith Brown.
'What Nehru valued most of all was the attempted construction of a plural, open, and democratic polity working for change in the lives of all citizens,' says biographer Judith Brown.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday, Day 4.
Amid Narendra Modi's attack on Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that criticism of the first prime minister by some forces was based on "innuendo, insinuation and falsehood aimed at character assassination".
A look at the big winners of the night!
United States President Barack Obama created another historic moment for the Indian American community Thursday by nominating Vince Girdhari Chhabria, 43, to become a federal judge on the US District Court for the Northern District of California. If confirmed, Chhabria will be the first person of South Asian descent to ever serve as an Article III judge in California's history.
The death toll from a rare pre-winter snowstorm has risen to 10.
The Emmy nominations for 2018.
When Jaws released in June 1975, it changed the way Americans watch movies, says Aseem Chhabra.
To mark his 50th death anniversary, rediff.com has launched a special series to evaluate Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy.
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