125th Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru Today, 14th November 2014 is the 125th death anniversary of the Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India and visionary who laid out the fundamentals for the new India. He was the architect of modern India and also leader of the Non-Alignment movement. His ‘Socialist Pattern of Society’ could not survive him for much time, though. But the Congress and its leaders have forgotten the Nehru legacy and have moved far away in to the thick jungle of corruption and neo-liberal policies putting the people in to more and misery. On this occasion, I remember the day in 1956 or 1957 when I had the opportunity to see him and take his photo. It was when I was working as a teacher that he came to Tellicherry in Kerala. I wanted to get his autograph, but the security did not allow me to go nearby. I had a camera with me, presented to me by a foreign pen friend. (Cameras were not much in use at that time). After a few minutes with the camera I went near the PM. Security might have thought that I was from the press and allowed. I went nearby took a photo and got an autograph also. Respectful Homage to the Architect of New India!