Nehru fangirl Sagarika Ghose, who masquerades as a journalist, today again went singing accolades for Nehru for allegedly being the architect of modern India.
Without Nehru: no modern India, no universal adult franchise, no IITs, IIMs, NID, ISRO, modern education, civil service, democratic institutions painstakingly nurtured, a scholar statesman who leaves today’s leaders looking like pathetic pygmy posers
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 8, 2018
Following Prime Minister Modi’s digs at Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Ghose came to defend her ‘rockstar’ to credit him with all things he has ‘nurtured’ in India till now. Ghose’s worship for Nehru isn’t a secret.
Jawaharlal Nehru, handsome Prince Charming of 1947, dreamer, idealist, intellectual, ROCKSTAR. #Nehrufangirl
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) November 14, 2017
She has even credited Nehru for not wanting dynasty rule in India, even as India has been ruled by his dynasty for decades.
Dynasty stifling Cong now, but lets never forget that Nehru never wanted or planned family rule. India’s first PM was a hero! #nehru
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) May 27, 2016
But she has time and again credited Nehru for creating the institutes of higher education, without which, India would’ve been full of ‘gaushalas’, because everyone knows that the Indian ‘unwashed masses’ had to be ‘civilized’ by Nehru.
IITs,IIMs,NID, dams, science, HAL,NAL: the PSUs that created India’s modern middle class. Without Nehru, only gaushalas, gaumata,gurukuls
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) May 27, 2016
Gaushala is a creative euphemism Ghose uses for ‘Hindutva’.
Without Nehru: rampaging hindutva fundamentalism throughout India, gau shalas, manuwadi pathshalas, no widespread modern education, superstition and rituals above values, no striving for excellence, India in darkness
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 8, 2018
Her fear of anything that could remotely identify herself as a Hindu (as against disciple of Church of Nehru) is so deep-rooted that she even refers to the saffron in Indian Tricolour as “orange”.
Salute the Orange White and Green today..the bravest tricolour in the world, salams and pranams to our multicoloured Republic!
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) January 26, 2012
But like every other stupidity that gets called out on Twitter, this too got called out.
She got reminded how even before the IITs came up, a Hindu Mahasabha member, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, had set up Banaras Hindu University, as Banaras Engineering College back in 1916.
2. It was a Hindu Mahasbhaite Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviy who started Banaras Hindu University that had one of the best centre of engineering and technology learning called Banaras Engineering College (BENCO). IITs didn’t even exist then.
— Rajesh Kumar Singh (@Neelnabh) February 8, 2018
And other institutes of higher education.
Sad that you haven’t heard about D.A.V. College Managing Committee, familiarly known as DAVCMC, established 1 June 1886, it’s 800+ schools 75+ colleges and a Univ nor have you heard about Central Hindu College/ Banaras Hindi Univ established by Madan Mohan Malviyaji in 1916 !
— Samir (@samirkapoor1971) February 8, 2018
Not just that, she even got reminded of the historical centres for education in India, which precede Nehru by centuries.
So Nalanda and other historic symbols by Nehru? Real Hinduism always lighten up the knowledge and joy, not otherwise, darkness lies in your mind. It doesn’t mean Nehru is wrong, he lead India in to progress but he did mistake too.
— Vinod Chetikkat (@Vinodchethikkat) February 8, 2018
She was schooled that ISRO was also founded five years after Nehru died.
Without Nehru- we would have excelled in Science/education. Our agriculture would have grown many fold by now. We inherited civil services from britishers. ISRO got founded 5 Years after Nehru died. And wt ISRO/DRDO r today is bcz, Sarabhai & others worked hard. @OneTipOneHand_
— Manjeet Singh (@Rickshaw_wala) February 8, 2018
To which she immediately said how if not for Nehru and his love for science, we would have had only temples as ‘gaumutra processing units’.
Sir if there was no Nehru, instead of planetariums and science labs there would be mandirs and gau mutra processing units
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 8, 2018
While we are not sure what is wrong in having temples, Ghose’s backflip on science and technology and IITs when it comes to The Family is amusing. Back in 2002, she had referred to Dr Kalam as “Bomb Daddy”.
Back in 2002, she didn’t even hold IITs in high regard.
Sexism aside, Ghose even believed science creates an ‘orthodox and extremist mentality’.
Ghose’s conflicting views on the same topic while attacking ‘Bomb Daddy’ and ‘Rockstar’ makes a good case for what it looks like to be a propagandist in a journalist’s hide.
