"We are citizens of no mean country and we are proud of the land of our birth, of our people, our…
The words are Jawaharlal Nehru's. They express an inclusive nationalism that combines pride in India's culture with openness to other societies. Attachment to one's country…
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"We are citizens of no mean country and we are proud of the land of our birth, of our people, our culture and traditions. The pride should not be for a romanticized past to which we want to cling; nor should it encourage exclusiveness or a want of appreciation of ways other than ours." Whose words are these?
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The words are Jawaharlal Nehru's. They express an inclusive nationalism that combines pride in India's culture with openness to other societies. Attachment to one's country is distinguished from exclusiveness and an uncritical attachment to the past.
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Rajasthan SET (RSET)