![]() ![]() It is more like a long storytelling session that an elder person has chalked out for the child he cares most about. Understandably, his style of writing history has a simplicity attached to it. In the process, Nehru was guiding his young daughter towards a path of enlightenment and rationality. As he begins his letters to Indira Gandhi, he writes, “you know sweetheart, how I dislike sermonizing and doling out good advice.” He goes on to write that instead of passing on wisdom in the form of sermons, he would rather narrate to her the history of world civilisations. It was also an effort by a father to pass on wisdom to his teenage daughter. But the “Glimpses of world history” was more than just a voyage to discover the past. ![]()
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