A vote that honored Jawaharlal Nehru MEANWHILE

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: May 27, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Shashi Tharoor
International Herald Tribune
05-27-2004
The voters of India confounded all the pundits and pollsters this month to place the country in the hands of a new governing coalition led by the Indian National Congress, which has just provided India with its sixth prime minister. Its first, Jawaharlal Nehru, would have been proud, but not for partisan reasons. His greatest satisfaction would have come from the knowledge that the democracy he tried so hard to instill in India had taken such deep roots.On May 27, India marks the 40th anniversary of Nehru's death at the age of 74. An ...

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