Rest is sin.
• Rest is rust.
• 26 July 1954, concluding address at the Ajmer session of the All Indian Congress Committee (AICC), cited in Select Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, p. 237 as:
• As Nehru put it, the Congress Party should go to the people with the slogan: "Aaram haram hai" (Laziness is a vice).
• Rest is rust.
• 26 July 1954, concluding address at the Ajmer session of the All Indian Congress Committee (AICC), cited in Select Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, p. 237 as:
• As Nehru put it, the Congress Party should go to the people with the slogan: "Aaram haram hai" (Laziness is a vice).
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आराम हराम है
Aaram haram hai
• Literally:
• Often translated:
— Jawaharlal Nehru
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "आराम हराम है
Aaram haram hai
• Literally:
• Often translated:" in the context of "Rest is sin.
• Rest is rust.
• 26 July 1954, concluding address at the Ajmer session of the All Indian Congress Committee (AICC), cited in Select Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, p. 237 as:
• As Nehru put it, the Congress Party should go to the people with the slogan: "Aaram haram hai" (Laziness is a vice)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Jawaharlal Nehru" (Quotes, 1950s)
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About Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was a central figure in India during the middle-third of the 20th-century. He was a principal leader of the Indian independence movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, Nehru served as the country's prime minister for 17 years.
About Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was a central figure in India during the middle-third of the 20th-century. He was a principal leader of the Indian independence movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, Nehru served as the country's prime minister for 17 years.
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