Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed no such notions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders across the political spectrum paid homage to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on his 62nd death anniversary. Tributes poured in from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and NCP (SP) MP S…