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And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.
And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.