Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Jawaharlal Nehru served as India’s first prime minister, becoming the most loved PM of India in his era. By creating an inclusive India that welcomed every religion, caste, ethnicity, and language, the great visionary helped to heal the nation’s wounds and ensure that the new Republic would endure beyond the tragic events of partition. It is all because of Nehru’s outstanding adherence to the secular ideals entrenched in the Constitution that democracy has penetrated deep into Indian soil despite many military revolutions and dictatorships along its borders.
Our “unity in diversity” was held together by Nehru’s unwavering fervour for freedom, equality, and justice for all citizens, which helped to ensure the peaceful coexistence of many languages, lifestyles, cultures, traditions, and religious practices throughout India. His liberal outlook left such a lasting impression on the various artistic mediums that a significant number of forward-thinking authors, lyricists, painters, musicians, and filmmakers produced “works” that not only bolstered the secular fabric but also gave the Indian subcontinent societal and cultural identities that are recognized around the world as “Hindustaaniyat”.
It is my unshakable view that secularism has persisted in India in large part because of the holy composite culture promoted by Hindi films and music. Nehru’s humanism had such a significant effect that it served as the cornerstone of several great Hindi films. The Nehruvian ideal of universal brotherhood permeated Hindi film scripts and lyrics, fostering friendship and goodwill in spite of lies and hatred spread by cunning right-wing megalomaniacs, which is why millions of Indians still adhere to secularism in their daily lives.
Additionally, his excellent works The Discovery of India and Glimpses of World History have to be taught to kids in schools. Another excellent achievement is the letters he sent to his daughter Indira Gandhi while incarcerated; these letters, which subsequently took the shape of a sizable book, were written without the aid of any references or instruction in historical writing. There isn’t another instance of how Nehru shaped the last 5,000 years of human history. This work has been compared by historians to HG Wells’ Outline of World History. Mahmud Ghaznavi, according to Nehru’s account in this book, raided the Somnath temple entirely out of robbery and not because of Islamic belief. He mentioned that Tilak, a Hindu, was in charge of his troops.
Perhaps it is not overstatement when Nehru is said to as “the maker of modern India.” After the Second World War, it was difficult to rebuild an economically split and decrepit India, but his five-year plans, vision, and discernment paid off years later. I recall the 1980s, when the Ramjanbhoomi movement was active and the Ayodhya question was a big topic. My senior journalist in Delhi at the time, Kewal Verma, made the light-hearted observation that, “When we entered journalism in the 1950s, India was renewing itself and erecting new temples like the Bhakra Nangal Dam, Rihand Dam, and the Bhilai, Rourkela, and Bokaro steel mills. We would provide updates on their development and the setting of their cornerstones. How unfortunate you are that you folks have to disclose problems like Ayodhya.
The custom of the prime minister taking part in parliamentary discussions is currently steadily eroding. Nehru was a strong advocate for press freedom and would often assert that, even how reckless the media became, he cannot accept its restriction in a democracy. He was a journalist himself, so perhaps that contributed to his understanding of the value of press freedom.
