Sita Ram Goel, Hindu and Hinduism, Manipulation of meanings, p. 19, (S.R. Goel, a critic of Nehru writing from a Hindu nationalist point of view, was concerned of the extent to which the content of communist ideology is allegedly discernible in Nehru's thinking as also in his policies) quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p. 27

One has to read his writings and speeches, and evaluate his policies from a Hindu point of view, to realize that so far as Hindus and Hinduism are concerned, he was a combined embodiment of all the imperialist ideologies - Islam, Christianity, White Man's Burden, and Communism - that have flooded this country in the wake of foreign invasions or interventions. And by the time he assumed command, he represented a sizable and powerful class of self-alienated Hindus which had started taking shape during Muslim rule, and had multiplied fast under the British dispensation.

— Sita Ram Goel

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "One has to read his writings and speeches, and evaluate his policies from a Hindu point of view, to realize that so far as Hindus and Hinduism are concerned, he was a combined embodiment of all the imperialist ideologies - Islam, Christianity, White Man's Burden, and Communism - that have flooded this country in the wake of foreign invasions or interventions. And by the time he assumed command, he represented a sizable and powerful class of self-alienated Hindus which had started taking shape during Muslim rule, and had multiplied fast under the British dispensation." in the context of "Sita Ram Goel, Hindu and Hinduism, Manipulation of meanings, p. 19, (S.R. Goel, a critic of Nehru writing from a Hindu nationalist point of view, was concerned of the extent to which the content of communist ideology is allegedly discernible in Nehru's thinking as also in his policies) quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p. 27" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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.