The God Who Failed Quotes

“Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. (Mukherjee”
― Madhav Godbole, The God Who Failed: An Assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru's Leadership

“Attention must be invited to Nehru’s article written in the Hindustan Times on 20 October 1940 on the subject of ‘the content of social welfare’. Nehru had, inter alia, stated therein: ‘It seems to me that a uniform civil code for the whole of India is essential.”
― Madhav Godbole, The God Who Failed: An Assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru's Leadership

“As has been well said by the Irish patriot Daniel O’Connell, ‘no man can be grateful at the cost of his honour, no woman can be grateful at the cost of her chastity and no nation can be grateful at the cost of its liberty’.”
― Dr. Madhav Godbole, The God Who Failed: An Assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru's Leadership

“26 March 1958 Nehru reiterated: Let us remember that a school is essentially the teacher, not the building. The teacher, without any apparatus or building, can function as a school. This is an obvious proposition and yet it is ignored. I think the time has come, indeed it came long ago, for us to decide, definitely and positively, to have schools in our village without buildings, and to spend more on the teacher and on equipment. I think we can do without buildings completely for the primary schools, though, of course, a building is desirable where possible. But let us compromise on this issue and have the smallest structure, just to keep books and equipment, the classes being held in the open… Our climate is such that, for the great part of the year, it is easy and indeed healthier to sit in the open or under some shady tree. Perhaps the monsoon period is the only time when it is difficult to sit in the open. Let us have our school holidays during the monsoons. The main thing is the teacher. Let us train him better and give him a higher salary and some amenities. The rest will follow. (JNMF 2010; pp.822–3)”
― Dr. Madhav Godbole, The God Who Failed: An Assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru's Leadership

“The elections to the Constituent Assembly held in 1946 were indirect. The Congress accommodated eminent jurists, lawyers and public men who belonged to no political party or belonged to other parties. Subhash Kashyap, former secretary-general of the Lok Sabha, has stated:”
― Madhav Godbole, The God Who Failed: An Assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru's Leadership