I am no fan of Nehru or have any political bias for any party. But before analysing/criticizing Nehru, try to imagine yourself in his times.
1. Don%u2019t be one of those people, who regret their forefathers did not buy a piece of prime land which was available in their times for, say, only Rs. 5,000. If they had bought that land then, you would have been a karorpati today.
2. Problem is that they did not have Rs. 5,000 then and that is why they could not buy it for you for today. Similarly, when India got independent, no private companies/organizations existed, that could construct power/steel/cement and other infrastructure giants. Nehru did not have any option but to involve Public Sector for these infrastructure projects.
3. We were simply very poor, did not have enough to take care of even two square meals. Then how could you have expected us to create these huge industries in private sector. Those were not the times when you could raise Rs 50,000 crores in a single IPO.
4. So, what Nehru gave us was a good starting point, over which we are capitalizing today.
5. He set up institutions on which our democracy is firmly based today. See what has happened to Pakistan, who was not lucky enough to have a leader like Nehru.
6. Regarding China issue: India's image in those times was that of a hermit. Who may have been poor but had a great respect among the comity of nations. With this background and promises coming from China, Nehru made a ca
