Nehru Memorial

'Return Nehru's letters': PMML member writes to Rahul Gandhi over papers 'taken' by Sonia in 2008

December 16, 2024 10:15 am

Historian claims Nehru's private papers papers include correspondence with Edwina Mountbatten, JP Narayan

Nehru Memorial becomes PMs’ Memorial: Why New India and its new elite cannot live with ideas of its first PM

June 17, 2023 4:21 pm

An aggressive, masculine, ruthlessly competitive, majoritarian India would find it very difficult to connect with Nehru’s ideas. The ruling establishment knows very well that any attempt to erase Nehru’s legacy will not encounter any opposition from the new elite

The memory game

August 29, 2018 12:58 am

An expansive plan to make the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) a more inclusive memorial to all prime ministers past, and representative of the legacy of the office rather than an individual, has become controversial.

From UPA to NDA, changing colours of Nehru Memorial

August 11, 2018 9:42 am

In comparison, from January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014, the last 18 months under the UPA, 265 events were held at NMML, where only one Union minister — the then Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh — participated in a discussion.

At Nehru Memorial, Jawaharlal Nehru will share space with all PMs

August 15, 2017 3:50 am

The NMML has drafted “an Expression of Interest for selection of a professional advisor”, who will “assist in conducting the global competition” for selecting an “architect and design specialist” for the new museum.

View From The Right: NMML Scams

September 23, 2015 12:17 am

Organiser says that the Congress’s objection to revamping the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) is “more vociferous than their defence of Manmohan Singh’s involvement in the coal scam”.

Improper channel

September 21, 2015 12:00 am

The unpleasantness at Nehru Memorial Library shows that academic institutions must be insulated from government.

Mahesh Rangarajan quits as Nehru memorial chief as Culture Minister called posting ‘illegal’

September 18, 2015 1:57 pm

Rangarajan had resigned two days back as well but the council had not accepted it and had asked him to stay on.

Teen Murti: Nostalgia for ivory tower and a question of standards

July 18, 2009 5:05 am

Why have 57 historians signed a petition calling for the “renewal” of the Nehru Memorial....

Mahesh Rangarajan Quits Nehru Memorial: An Analysis & Look Ahead

September 18, 2015 4:29 pm