Toward Freedom is the autobiographical account of Jawaharlal Nehru, one of India’s foremost leaders and the first Prime Minister of independent India. Written during his imprisonment by British authorities, the book offers a vivid narrative of Nehru’s personal life, political awakening, and philosophical reflections. It highlights his experiences in the Indian independence movement, his r…
The contents of this book: 1. A New Year's Gift 2. The Lesson of History 3. Inqilab Zindabad 4. Asia and Europe 5. The Old Civilizatons and Our Inheritance
This book was written by me in Ahmadnagar Fort prison during the five months, April to September, 1944. Some of my colleagues in prison were good enough to read the manuscript and make a number of valuable suggestions. On revising the book in prison 1 took advantage of these suggestions and made some additions. No one, I need hardly add, is responsible for what I have written or necessarily agr…
The Discovery of India adalah karya Jawaharlal Nehru yang sangat reflektif dan ilmiah, ditulis selama masa penahanannya di Benteng Ahmadnagar (1942–1945). Dalam narasi epistolary dan filosofis ini, Nehru menelusuri perjalanan budaya, sejarah, dan intelektual India yang luas — dari peradaban kunonya hingga penjajahan Inggris. Ia mengeksplorasi filsafat, agama, dan kehidupan politik India den…
This book unfolds the story of India's foreign policy in the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, who has given it the present shape. He emphasizes that this policy is not of his own making, but is rooted in the nation's geography, history and culture.
Jawaharlal Nehru's life was closely intertwined with the history and destiny of modern India. His autobiography, written between 1934 and 1935 when he was in prison, is more than the personal story of an individual--it is also an account of the political awakening of a nation, its struggle for freedom from British rule, and its search to reshape itself as a modern society, rid of the cultural a…
The contents of this book: 1. The book of Nature 2. How Early History was Written 3. The Making of the Earth 4. The First Living Things 5. The Animals Appear 6. The Coming of Man