00:00 Outlook brings to you excerpts from its latest issue titled 'Rediscovering'.
00:05 At a time when the polity refuses to forget Nehru for a host of reasons,
00:10 in the Outlook's latest issue, we look at the time and decisions of Nehru.
00:15 The white, black and the grey, going beyond the binaries and looking at the politics around his personality,
00:22 and the historic successes and blunders that are so often discussed today.
00:27 'Banco's Ghost' by Vinita Mokil from Outlook.
00:31 This phantom is on the ruling dispensation's mind.
00:35 Those who claim to care little for him dissect his loves and hates, day in, day out.
00:42 An apparition wearing a smartly tailored jacket with a gleaming red rose pinned to his pocket has been haunting the halls.
00:51 Rashpati Bhavan, Raisena Hill, Lok Kalyan Marg, Supreme Court, Sansad Bhavan, Shastri Bhavan, Samvidhan Sadan, Sightings Galore reported.
01:03 Sometimes the ghost leaves behind pages from books, the discovery of India, the unity of India,
01:10 letters for a nation, from Jawaharlal Nehru to his chief ministers, letters from a father to his daughter,
01:17 words of freedom, ideas of a nation, independence and after.
01:23 The list of his tombs is long.
01:25 The pages are scattered around in no particular order.
01:29 In the morning, when the doors swing open, those who walk in are free to gather them, read them, don't read them.
01:37 The people's choice. It's all very democratic.
01:40 Some nights, snatches from his speeches appear on the walls in big, bold letters.
01:46 They are set to shine like lighthouses at sea.
01:50 Beckoning passers-by, preaching the scientific temperament, preaching peace and the politics of integration.
01:57 Trist with destiny, emotional integration.
02:01 The plan is the country's defense, private property and public good, government and the people.
02:09 The temples of modern India.
02:11 One man, many courts, one nation, many hauntings.
02:16 Must he make a point at every turn?
02:19 His voice crests like a wave, consuming the ones who are in power.
02:24 The phantom from the past, draped in a dapper khadi jacket, twirling his red rose,
02:30 he's always on the ruling dispensation's mind.
02:34 Try as they may to ignore him, his voice rings out in their ears, day in, day out.
02:41 He offers tips for stopping the nation from regressing.
02:45 Throws in a bon mot to lighten the national mood.
02:48 His voice trails after leaders, in parliament and in prayer rooms, in temples and towns.
02:56 For this and more, read the latest issue of Outlook.
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