Dílo vedoucího představitele Indického národního kongresu, napsané v britském žaláři r. 1944, přehledně líčí dějinný vývoj Indie od nejstarších dob, vyzdvihuje bohaté kulturní dědictví země a s vlasteneckým zanícením dovozuje, že v duchu svých tradic, přizpůsobených potřebám nové doby, se může Indie znovu stát vzkvétající samostatnou zemí. Důkladně je osvětleno ničivé dílo anglického koloniálního systému a obsáhle je vyložen rozmach indického osvobozeneckého hnutí mezi oběma světovými válkami.
Životopis významného indického politika a spolupracovníka Mahátmy Gándhího napsaný jeho vlastní rukou v indickém vězení. Kromě svého života popisuje také osvobozenecký boj v Indii.
In conjunction with the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in New Delhi, Oxford proudly announces the reissue of Glimpses of World History and The Discovery of India, two famous works by Jawaharlal Nehru. One of modern day's most articulate statesmen, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a on a wide variety of subjects. Describing himself as "a dabbler in many things," he committed his life not only to politics but also to nature and wild life, drama, poetry, history, and science, as well as many other fields. These two volumes help to illuminate the depth of his interests and knowledge and the skill and elegance with which he treated the written word!!
`I Am Going To Write You Short Accounts Of The Story Of Our Earth And The Many Countries, Great And Small, Into Which It Is Divided&I Hope [These] Will Make You Think Of The World As A Whole And Of Other People In It As Our Brothers And Sisters . . .' -Jawaharlal Nehru When Indira Gandhi Was A Little Girl Of Ten, She Spent The Summer In Mussoorie, While Her Father, Jawaharlal Nehru, Was Busy Working In Allahabad. Over The Summer, Nehru Wrote Her A Series Of Letters In Which He Told Her The Story Of How And When The Earth Was Made, How Human And Animal Life Began, And How Civilizations And Societies Evolved All Over The World. Written In 1928, These Letters Remain Fresh And Vibrant, And Capture Nehru'S Love For People And For Nature, Whose Story Was For Him `More Interesting Than Any Other Story Or Novel That You May Have Read'.
First published in 1936, and now available in a centenary edition, this book was written by Nehru almost entirely in prison from June 1934 to February 1935. His account, though replete with autobiographical details, is much more than a personal document; in the words of Rabindranath Tagore, "Through all its details there runs a deep current of humanity which overpasses the tangles of facts and leads us to the person who is greater than his deeds, and truer than his surroundings."
