tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post2124798573598770544..comments2024-03-28T22:51:28.222+05:30Comments on The Middle Stage: Jawaharlal Nehru as a writer of English proseChandrahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-79701644230071431982010-02-23T12:14:51.724+05:302010-02-23T12:14:51.724+05:30Truly, English, for all her long extended stay, ha...Truly, English, for all her long extended stay, has been for us Indians an unmanageable vixen, and Gandhi and Nehru two persons who managed to "domesticate" her. You must a remarkable person.SM Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556009179966236972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-16244723542348442222009-01-30T16:12:00.000+05:302009-01-30T16:12:00.000+05:30Hi Aayush - Thanks for your very kind words. I hav...Hi Aayush - Thanks for your very kind words. I have indeed read and written about Crocker's book. you will find the piece here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.livemint.com/articles/2008/11/15001354/Up-close-and-critical.htmlChandrahashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-88773284754690545102009-01-30T12:56:00.000+05:302009-01-30T12:56:00.000+05:30Hi Chandrahas,Just started reading your blog a few...Hi Chandrahas,<BR/><BR/>Just started reading your blog a few days ago. In fact, we met very briefly at Jaipur last week, thanks to Jai Arjun Singh. Must say, youre breadth of literature is quite vast. Also, your interview with Ram Guha was very enjoyable. <BR/><BR/>Just wanted to know your thoughts on Walter Crocker's biography of Nehru? Have you read/reviewed it?Aayushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703706945195344880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-23784862659976002602008-08-03T01:17:00.000+05:302008-08-03T01:17:00.000+05:30Going through speeches of great people like Jawaha...Going through speeches of great people like Jawaharlal Nehru are truly inspiring. Worth a read.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06329181652482734318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-59800212066110244092007-07-31T00:25:00.000+05:302007-07-31T00:25:00.000+05:30Shweta and PH - Thank you very much for kind words...Shweta and PH - Thank you very much for kind words, which are just the kind of words I like working for and hearing.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we can't let the many calumnies laid at Nehru's door, some of them flagrantly ahistorical, blind us to the many fine things about him, including the quality of his mind and the elegance of his prose style. Glad you enjoyed the piece.Chandrahashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-4110654711473084302007-07-30T23:11:00.000+05:302007-07-30T23:11:00.000+05:30Chandrahas,I really like ur blog a lot, and read i...Chandrahas,<BR/>I really like ur blog a lot, and read it very often. Your reviews are perceptive as well as passionate.<BR/>More than a decade ago, in my early teens, I read almost half of Discovery of India and it is still some of the best prose I've read in English. I almost think it's a pity Nehru became PM; he should've just written more and more.<BR/>Thanks for bringing this out!Preyas Hathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680109457042414613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-36665509956403421792007-07-18T17:50:00.000+05:302007-07-18T17:50:00.000+05:30How interesting this was, and so well-strung!How interesting this was, and so well-strung!Shwetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116247797970270366noreply@blogger.com