Nehru

Nehru
Author: Shashi Tharoor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2011-10-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1628721987

Shashi Tharoor delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist who—alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi—led the movement for India’s independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would one day help topple British rule and become India’s first prime minister started out as a surprisingly unremarkable student. Born into a wealthy, politically influential Indian family in the waning years of the Raj, Jawaharlal Nehru was raised on Western secularism and the humanist ideas of the Enlightenment. Once he met Gandhi in 1916, Nehru threw himself into the nonviolent struggle for India’s independence, a struggle that wasn’t won until 1947. India had found a perfect political complement to her more spiritual advocate, but neither Nehru nor Gandhi could prevent the horrific price for independence: partition. This fascinating biography casts an unflinching eye on Nehru’s heroic efforts for, and stewardship of, independent India and gives us a careful appraisal of his legacy to the world.

Breaking India

Breaking India
Author: Rajiv Malhotra
Publisher: Bright Sparks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Caste
ISBN: 9788191067378

This book focuses on the role of U.S. and European churches, academics, think-tanks, foundations, government and human rights groups in fostering separation of the identities of Dravidian and Dalit communities from the rest of India. It is the result of five years of research, and uses information obtained in the West about foreign funding of these Indian-based activities. The research tracked the money trails that start out claiming to be for education, human rights, empowerment training and leadership training, but end up in programs designed to produce angry youths who feel disenfranchised from Indian identity. The book reveals how outdated racial theories continue to provide academic frameworks and fuel the rhetoric that can trigger civil wars and genocides in developing countries. The Dravidian movement's 200-year history has such origins. Its latest manifestation is the Dravidian Christianity - movement that fabricates a political and cultural history to exploit old faultlines. The book explicitly names individuals and institutions, including prominent Western ones and their Indian affiliates. Its goal is to spark an honest debate on the extent to which human rights and other empowerment projects are cover-ups for these nefarious activities.

Great Indian Speeches for Children

Great Indian Speeches for Children
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-09-10
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9789388326063

A fantastic collection of some of the most inspiring speeches from India, spanning over a century. In this book, brilliantly introduced by Derek O'Brien, legendary Indians speak on diverse topics that will motivate young readers: freedom and equal rights, science and sports, friendship and education, the environment and social responsibility, ambition and courage, the love of books and the burden of schoolbags. Even in this age of speed and bite-sized attention spans, these timeless words reach out across years and touch us, provoke us, make us think, and become a call to action. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Amartya Sen Atal Bihari Vajpayee Azim Premji Baba Amte B.R. Ambedkar Balgangadhar Tilak Jagdish Chandra Bose Jaipal Singh Munda Jawaharlal Nehru M.K. Gandhi Medha Patkar Mother Teresa Paro Anand R.K. Narayan Rabindranath Tagore Raghuram Rajan Rahul Dravid Rajendra Prasad Ruskin Bond S. Radhakrishnan Sarojini Naidu Shashi Tharoor Subhash Chandra Bose Subroto Bagchi Swami Vivekananda

The Great Speeches of Modern India

The Great Speeches of Modern India
Author: Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788184001808

Collection of speeches delivered by eminent personalities from 1885 to 2010.

India's Greatest Speeches

India's Greatest Speeches
Author: Nitin Agarwal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-08-22
Genre: Speeches, addresses, etc., Indic (English)
ISBN: 9789381841471

A collection of thoughtful speeches delivered by most prominent Indian personalities.

Indian Speeches

Indian Speeches
Author: John Morley
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2023-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9359392731

Indian Speeches (1907-1909) is a collection of speeches by John Morley, the British Secretary of State for India from 1905 to 1910. The speeches were delivered during a period of great political and social change in India, and they reflect Morley's views on the British Empire, Indian nationalism, and the future of India. In his speeches, Morley argued that the British Empire was a force for good in the world, and that it had a responsibility to help its colonial subjects develop their own cultures and institutions. He also argued that Indian nationalism was a natural and positive development, and that the British should work with Indian nationalists to build a more democratic and just India. Morley's speeches were controversial at the time, and they continue to be debated today. However, they are an important historical record of a critical period in the history of British India.

Famous Speeches by Mahatma Gandhi

Famous Speeches by Mahatma Gandhi
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2016-05-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781533385611

"My Life is My Message" "You may be sure I am living now just the way I wish to live.What I might have done at the beginning, had I more light, I am doing now in the evenning of my life, at the end of my career, building from the bottom up.study my way of living here, study my surroundings, if you wish to know what I am. Village improvement is the only foundation on which conditions in India can be permanently ameliorated." M. K. Gandhi