The son of Motilal Nehru- a wealthy barrister and politician – Jawaharlal Nehru became a leader of the left wing of the Congress when fairly young.

Nehru was a charismatic and radical leader. In the long struggle for Indian independence, Nehru was eventually recognized as Gandhi’s political heir.

Nehru – late Prime Minister of India – wrote
The Letters from a father to his daughter to his beloved young daughter, Indira Gandhi, who also went on to become Prime Minister of India .

Letters from a Father to His Daughter is a collection of 30 letters written in 1928 by Nehru to Indira-his only daughter who was 10 years old. They teach us about natural history and the civilizations.

His last in a series of letters from prison, shows the compassionate and tolerant nature of the man – a spirit we need to recapture if India is to become a dynamic “Secular” State and set an example to all nations.