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This is written like a PR piece for Nehru.

• HexDecOctBin 4y ago
  It probably is, given the state of Indian politics. The main opposition party is the somewhat cosmopolitan Congress that has failed to produce any leader in the past three decades. The ruling party BJP is despised in many liberal circles. And the rising opposition parties (AAP/TMC) have a very grounded, mass appeal style of politics. For a lot of affluent liberals (champagne socialists, if you will), this is horrifying. Thus, nostalgic pieces like these to celebrate a time when the power was concentrated in the hands of the enlightened elites, rather than the ethno-nationalists or populists who appeal to the unwashed horde. This liberal nostalgia is just as predictable as the bile that is spewed in the direction of Nehru and Gandhi by the currently ruling bigots. Unfortunately, only one of those sections of society seems to be losing power. One step at a time, I suppose...