The Non-Aligned movement

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is a political and military alliance and Ukraine wants to be a member. This news has been dominating headlines during the past few days. This made me think of alliances between nations. One such alliance is the Non-aligned movement started by the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. Josip Tito the premier of Yugoslavia was a close ally of Nehru in starting the Non-aligned movement of nations. At a time when the whole world was divided and two super powers- the USA and the former USSR lead opposing forces, a small group of developing countries chose to not ally themselves to either super power and instead focus on the more crucial job of nation building. Due to this policy formulated by Nehru India focused on developing as a nation and probably it is due to this early focus on development that has caused india to be advanced in many areas of national life. I love the book Discovery of India, written by Jawaharlal Nehru. You can really get a true sense of the history of India if you read this book. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!