Nehru People's Man, PM Modi Has Yogic Willpower: Ruskin Bond In New Book
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Ruskin Bond, in "A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence", draws on his own memories and impressions to pay homage to the country that has been his home for 84 years.
Jawaharlal Nehru was a man of the people and of many gifts and achievements, says veteran author Ruskin Bond in his new book and describes Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a man of humble beginnings, whose political acumen and yogic willpower have brought him to the top.
In "A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence", Ruskin Bond draws on his own memories and impressions to pay homage to the country that has been his home for 84 years.
"We have had many outstanding prime ministers - Nehru, Shastri, Indira Gandhi, A B Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh, many others - and now Narendra Modi, a man of humble beginnings, whose political acumen, natural sagacity, and yogic willpower have brought him to the top and kept him there through two general elections," he writes.
Ruskin Bond, who was a schoolboy when India won independence, recalls how the tricolour was hoisted and the Union Jack came down at his boarding school in Shimla.
