Political legacies, on the one hand, seem like fairly uncomplicated things. Yet on the other hand, and especially so for political leaders, legacies are rather more complicated than just being an act of biography or patient memorializing. At the very least estimating a leader’s legacy involves doing two types of things. If you have decided to estimate Nehru’s legacy in terms of economic prosperity, then how do you measure this? India can have a whole new set of priorities by 2025, which can then radically transform legacies.

Source: Mint November 23, 2017 17:26 UTC