A letter to a Daughter [from Jawaharlal Nehru]

Some letters written by great people have become records of historical and literary value.
The  following is a part of a letter written by a famous father,Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neru to his equally famous daughter Indira,while he was in prison.


I do not know if my letters will interest you or awaken your curiosity.Indeed,I do not know when you will see them,or if you will see them at all.Strange that we ould be so near and yet so far away! In Mussoorie you were several hundred miles away from me.Yet I could write to you as often as I wished,and run up to you when the desire to see you became strong,But here we are on either side of the Jumma river-not far from each other,yet te high walls of Naini Prison keep us effectively apart.One letter a fortnight may have a twenty minute interview.And yet these restriction are good.We seldom value anything which we can get desirable part of one's education.education. Fortunately there are scores of thousands in our country who are having this course today !
                                               I cannot say if you will like these letters when you see them.But I have decided to write them for my own pleasure.They bring you very near to me.and I fell almost that I have had a talk with you.Often enough I think of you,but today you have hardly been absent from my mind.Today is New Year's Day.As I lay in bed,very early in the morning,watching the stars,I thought of the  great year that was past,with all its hope and anguish and joy,ans all the  great and gallant deeds performed.
And I thought of Bapuji,who has made our old country young and vigorous again by his magic touch,sitting in his prison cell in Yeravada. And I though of Dadu and many others.And especially I thought of Mummie and you.Later in the morning came the news that Mummie had been arrested and taken to goal.It was a pleasant New Year's gift from.It had long been expected and I have no doubt that Mummie is thoroughly happy and contented.
                                     But you must be rather lonely.Once a fortnight you may see Mummie and once a fortnight you may see me.,and you will carry or messages to each other.But I shall sit down with pen and paper and I sall think of you and then you wil wil silently come to me and we shall speak of many things.And we shall dream of the past,and find our way to make the future greater than te past.So on this New Year's day let us resolve that we shall have brought this dream of ours nearer to the present.