Nehru belongs to which religion

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Minister Narendra Modi hailing the inclusion as a "fitting recognition" for the vibrant cultural ethos of the old city. Firstpost Conversations 9 Months S. Now, because there is such a preponderance of them online, these rumours take on a life of their own," says Rohit Chopra, media studies professor at Santa Clara University, who works on online Hindutva. This is particularly problematic because for many people now, reality is what they can find through Google, he says.

Nehru, of course, is highest on the list of hate objects for Hindutva extremists. He saw the RSS as dangerous because of its demonising of minorities, and repeatedly and publicly attacked it," says historian Ramachandra Guha.

Screenshot from the cached The Voice of Nation website A scroll through articles posted on the site show its unwavering dedication to carrying gossip and passing it off as news. The piece claims Nehru "fathered a child" with a sanyasin from Varanasi. It lists the same things against Nehru as in the "The Playboy" post and goes further in slinging muck at all other members of the Gandhi-Nehru family, such as Indira, Sanjay, Sonia and Rahul while basing the article on unverified information.

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Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Sign Up. Jawaharlal Nehru was very vocal about his views on religion. In his presidential address to the Lahore Congress in , Nehru admitted that although he was born a Hindu, he does not know how far he is justified in calling himself one, or speaking on behalf of the Hindus. Nehru was hostile to the caste system, which is not surprising considering that his father, Motilal Nehru, had clashed with the orthodox section of the Kashmiri community in the s.

After the collapse of the non-cooperation movement, Nehru was distressed by the religious tension and discord which wreaked havoc in India. While in prison, he read the problems of religion, culture, and politics, and sought to fill gaps in his own early education.

Nehru openly criticized communalism and strongly denounced Hindu communal groups. Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.