🧠✊ Faith, politics, and power - questioned and challenged.

🎧 Chapters 47 & 48 from Nehru’s Autobiography 

📘 47: What Is Religion?
As Gandhi fasted against separate electorates, Nehru admired the moral force but questioned the method.
He critiques organized religion for promoting fear, dogma, and control.
🔍 Nehru’s ideal: a rational, ethical philosophy grounded in truth - not ritual or hierarchy.

📘 48: The ‘Dual Policy’ of the British Government
Nehru exposes British hypocrisy:
⚖️ Claiming neutrality, but obstructing reform.
He denounces the Indian Liberals for appeasing colonial power and defends Congress’s principled resistance as the only path to real justice and self-rule.

🎧 Listen to Nehru take on religion, reason, and empire - with fierce clarity.

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 🎧 The Discovery of India - Chapter 7 (Part 2) 📖

Title: The Last Phase 1 (Conclusion)

In the powerful conclusion to Chapter 7, Nehru explores India’s awakening in the shadow of empire — from revolt and repression to reform and rising nationalism.

Key highlights from this episode:

• 🔥 The Great Revolt of 1857 and the rise of racialism under British rule

• ⚖️ The British strategy of "balance and counterpoise" to divide and rule

• 🏭 Uneven growth of industry across provinces

• 🔄 Reform movements among Hindus and Muslims shaping social thought

• 🌍 The global influence of Kemal Pasha, Asian nationalism, and the vision of Iqbal

• 🏗️ The beginning of heavy industry in India

• 🇮🇳 Debates of identity and strategy: Tilak, Gokhale, and the question of separate electorates

🎙️ A crucial chapter that connects India’s past with the forces that would define its future. Listen now.

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🦜🌿 Solitude, squirrels… and struggle.
🎧 Chapters 45 & 46 of Nehru’s Autobiography are now available in the audio podcast series!

📘 45: Animals in Prison
Amid prison walls, Nehru found companionship in the natural world —
🕊️ birds, 🐿️ squirrels, 🐕‍ stray dogs.
Their presence brought comfort, empathy, and rare peace.
His connection with animals became a gentle protest against harsh isolation.

📘 46: Struggle
Nehru shifts back to the movement —
💪 He celebrates people’s resilience,
🌍 draws inspiration from global revolutions,
📣 and envisions socialist transformation for India.
Despite ideological tensions, he stays committed to Congress and Gandhi — trusting in change through unity and vision.

🎧 Tune in for a journey from quiet reflection to fiery conviction.

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Audiobook | Chapter 7 (I) "THE LAST PHASE (1)" | Parts 1-6 | The Discovery... by Jawaharlal Nehru

 🎧 New Episode | The Discovery of India | Chapter 7 (Part 1) 📖

Title: The Last Phase 1

In this compelling section, Nehru begins to trace the decline of India under British colonial rule and the first stirrings of modern nationalism. The economic, political, and intellectual foundations of a new India, and its coming struggle, begin to take shape.

Highlights of this episode:

• 🏛️ British consolidation of power and rise of the nationalist movement

• 👑 The ideology of empire and creation of a new elite caste

• 💰 How the plunder of Bengal financed England’s Industrial Revolution

• 🏭 The destruction of Indian industries and decline of agriculture

• 🔗 India becomes an economic and political appendage of Britain

• 🏰 The growth of the princely states under British protection

• 📰 The contradictions of British rule: emergence of voices like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the Indian press, Sir William Jones, and English education in Bengal

🎙️ This episode unpacks how colonial exploitation reshaped India’s economy, society, and self-perception.

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 🧱 Jail walls, iron bars — and an unbroken spirit.

🎧 Chapters 43 & 44 from Nehru’s Autobiography 

📘 43: In Bareilly and Dehra Dun Gaols
Unwell and imprisoned, Nehru reflects on:

• The decline of civil disobedience,

• Harsh prison conditions,

• And the courage of peasants, women, and political prisoners.
  He critiques social injustice and a disconnected elite, even as the movement falters under British repression.

📘 44: Prison Humours
Jail life tested the mind and body, but Nehru found moments of:
📚 Learning
✍️ Writing
🤝 Human connection
Even in solitude and censorship, the resilience of the human spirit shines through.

🎧 Listen to Nehru’s reflections on pain, hope, and dignity behind bars.

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