Democracy Dialogues Lecture Series (Online )
Organised by New Socialist Initiative
23th Lecture
Topic: Reimagining Jawaharlal Nehru Today
Speaker: Prof Manoj Kumar Jha
Date and Time: 11 June 2023 at 6 PM (IST).
Join Zoom Meeting @
Topic :
Reimagining Jawaharlal Nehru today would involve examining his legacy
and contributions in the context of the present day. Nehru, the first Prime
Minister of India, played a crucial role in shaping the country's political,
economic, and social landscape after its independence in 1947. While we
reimagine today presuming he was here we shall have to look at our
parliamentary democracy and the core policy issues which have undergone so much
of change that he would disown. The idea is to speak about some of the critical
concerns we face as a nation through the Nehruvian lens.
Speaker:
Prof Manoj K Jha, who is a National Spokesperson of
the Rashtriya Janata Dal, (RJD), and a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha is a
leading voice of the opposition.
A consistent votary of the idea of social justice
and a strong opponent of the politics of majoritarian authoritarianism, his
debates and interventions in the Upper House of the Parliament are appreciated
across the political spectrum and are widely watched.
Prof Jha, is a very popular teacher in the Delhi
University, was also head of the Department of Social Work, Delhi University,
for a few years.
0 comments:
Post a Comment