By Jawaharlal Nehru

Along with the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in New Delhi, Oxford proudly publicizes the reissue of Glimpses of worldwide historical past and the invention of India, well-known works via Jawaharlal Nehru. considered one of glossy day's so much articulate statesmen, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a on a large choice of topics. Describing himself as "a dabbler in lots of things," he dedicated his existence not just to politics but additionally to nature and wild lifestyles, drama, poetry, background, and technology, in addition to many different fields. those volumes aid to light up the intensity of his pursuits and data and the ability and style with which he handled the written note.

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Some weeks earlier a friend in R o m e h a d written to me to say that Signor Mussolini would like to meet me. T h e r e was no question of my going to R o m e then, a n d I said so. Later, when I was thinking of r e t u r n i n g to India by air, that message was repeated a n d there was a touch of eagerness a n d insistence about it. I wanted to avoid this interview and yet I had no desire to be discourteous. Normally I might have got over my distaste for meeting him, for I was curious also to know what kind of m a n the Duce was.

Air liner for the East. On arrival in R o m e in the late afternoon, I was met by a high official who h a n d e d me a letter from the Chef de Cabinet of Signor Mussolini. T h e Duce, it stated, would be glad to meet me a n d he h a d fixed six o'clock that evening for the interview. I was surprised a n d reminded him of my previous messages. But he insisted that it h a d now all been fixed up a n d the arrangement could not be upset. Indeed if the interview did not take place there was every likelihood of his being dismissed f r o m his office.

T h e physical condition was m u c h the same, so far as we could see, but her mind appeared to pay less attention to her physical environment. She would tell me that someone was calling her, or that she saw some figure or shape enter the room when I saw none. Early on the morning of February 28th, she breathed her last. Indira was there, a n d so was our faithful friend a n d constant companion during these months, Dr. M. Atal. A few other friends came from neighbouring towns in Switzerland, a n d we took her to the crematorium in Lausanne.

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