JUST 60 years after Indian Independence it's interesting to read and hear almost every day people, whose roots are in the Indian sub-continent, saying that . . . "there is no room for narrow nationalism in Britain".
They seem to be unaware of what Pandit Nehru said about nationalism being a vital force after independence.
"We have just won our freedom, but the nationalist sentiments that inspired our struggle, still warm our hearts, they warm the heart of every Asian because the memories of past colonialism are still vivid in his mind."
So nationalism is still a live force in every part of Asia.
A movement must define itself in terms of nationalism, if it has to become real to the people.
"In any Asian country, a movement will succeed or fall in the measure that it associates itself with the deep-seated urge of nationalism." (speech, October 3 1950).
So in future, before anyone with connections to the Indian sub-continent condemns British nationalism, they should remember the words of Pandit Nehru - Harrow educated and one of the founding fathers of present day India.
BERT HARDWICK, Queensway, Waddington.
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