Nehru’s Vision and India
The Talk
Jawaharlal Nehru is among the most debated leaders of our freedom struggle by the current powers that be. Why is this so? The talk will try to answer that question. The talk will also talk about our freedom struggle’s vision of India, which Nehru quintessentially represented, fought for and tried to implement in the critical formative years of Independent India. The talk will highlight how many critical aspects of the vision of our freedom struggle, called the ‘Idea of India’ stand compromised today. In that context the attempt will be to go back to Nehru’s legacy and see what we can learn from it in today’s context.
Aditya Mukherjee
Aditya Mukherjee was Professor of Contemporary Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi where he taught for more than forty years. He was Dean, the School of Social Sciences, JNU, Director of The Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study, JNU, the President, Indian History Congress, (Modern India), 2007 and is currently the General President of the Indian History Congress 2023-2024. He has been visiting professor at a number of universities abroad. He has authored a number of books, many of which have been translated into several languages. His latest book is Nehru’s India: Past, Present and Future, (Penguin, 2024). He is also editor, Sage Series in Modern Indian History, which has so far published 18 monographs (2000-2016). The series is now continuing with Penguin as the Penguin Series in Modern Indian History. He has published more than fifty articles in reputed journals and edited volumes and has delivered more than 75 lectures and seminars all over the world outside India.
