![]() The author argues that, on the contrary, Nehru's intuitive understanding and handling of the complex language issue laid a solid foundation for Indian unity by robbing the language crisis of its potential for causing disorder. It has been widely supposed that Nehru let his country down during its time of great linguistic strife by a lack of aggressive leadership. ![]() That language problems are no longer seen as forces of national disequilibrium is due in large part, according to this book, to the role played by India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. But the language controversies that accompanied the first years of Indian independence had pushed the country to the brink of instability. Language is no longer perceived as a threat to the national unity of India. King Book Bib IDÄelhi New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 Nehru and the language politics of India / Robert D. ![]()
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