evolutia stelara: ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING PERSONS I HAVE EVER MET

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

During my last year of high school, while I was a member of “The Young Americans” singing group; I had the privilege of singing with the group at a State Department function hosted by President Kennedy and First Lady Jackie at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. The dinner was given in honor of the visiting prime minister of India JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. Both the Prime minister and President Kennedy came backstage and mingled and talked to us the members of the group.

But as luck would have it, I did get to shake President Kennedy’s hand but the one who spoke to me and exclusively to me for almost ten minutes was the Prime Minister of India. I have that fond memory and will treasure it for the rest of my life.

The conversation was mostly about America but when he found out I was from Cuba he went on to deal with the subject of the lack of democracy, the violation of human rights and other issues, more on a general basis rather than about Cuba specifically, but both he and I knew what he meant: that Cuba was on the wrong path even then.

I left the place with the impression that this man was not only charismatic but very approachable. To think that he would waste his time speaking to an 18 year old that probably would never be relevant is all that much important to me. He was approachable and very wise.

Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi: जवाहरलाल नेहरू, pronounced [dʒəʋaːɦərˈlaːl ˈneːɦruː]; 14 November 1889–27 May 1964^[3]) was an Indian statesman who was the first (and to date the longest-serving) prime minister of India, from 1947 until 1964. One of the leading figures in the Indian independence movement after Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru was elected by the Congress Party to assume office as independent India's first Prime Minister, and re-elected when the Congress Party won India's first general election in 1952. As one of the founders of the Non-aligned Movement, he was also an important figure in the international politics of the post-war era. He is frequently referred to as Pandit Nehru and, specifically in India, as Panditji.

The son of a wealthy Indian barrister and politician, Motilal Nehru, Nehru became a leader of the left wing of the Indian National Congress when still fairly young. Rising to become Congress President, under the mentorship of Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru was a charismatic and radical leader, advocating complete independence from the British Empire. In the long struggle for Indian independence, in which he was a key player, Nehru was eventually recognized as Gandhi's political heir. Throughout his life, Nehru was also an advocate for Fabian socialism and the public sector as the means by which long-standing challenges of economic development could be addressed by poorer nations.