5/24/2023 0 Comments Nehru by Walter Crocker![]() ![]() Had my job in Delhi been anything else, I would have still watched him, out of interest, almost helpless interest. He himself said, “Over two periods between 19, it was my job to watch Nehru day by day. Crocker keenly observed the functioning of the Nehru government as that was his job. It was republished in 2008 with some updates. This widely-acclaimed first-hand account was first published in 1966. ![]() ![]() Walter Crocker, an Australian diplomat who spent around 10 years in India during Nehru’s regime as the Australian High Commissioner has given a detailed account of this misgovernance in Nehru: A Contemporary’s Estimate. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the roots of three main malaises of our governance mechanism - corruption, nepotism and inefficiency - can be traced back to the Nehru era. While there have often been detailed discussions and debates on Nehru’s policies on foreign affairs, Muslim appeasement and mishandling of Kashmir, there hasn’t been much talk about Nehru’s track record on the governance front. That brings us to this question: Is the Nehru model of governance a legacy or a burden for which Indians have paid a huge price? The Congress has done this before as well. ![]() This stung the Congress and it hit back flaunting Nehru’s legacy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently mentioned independent India’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in a debate in Parliament. ![]()
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