Nehru achieved much in the seventeen years that he went on to rule, but he failed in this task (ending poverty). After 50 years the failure is staggering:four out of 10 Indians are illiterate, half a miserably poor earning less than 1 Dollar/a day; on third of the people do not have access to safe drinking water, only a sixth of the villages have modern medical facilities. (27)
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This is not to say that there hasn't been progress. Famines have been eliminated, and the country sits routinely on a muntain of grain reserves each year. Life expectancy has doubled from thirty to sixty-four years. literacy has risen from 17% to 62 %(although female literacy is below 40%). Infant mortality has been halfed (29)

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....all the fine things that Nehru gave us. He united a Nation out of th emost heterogeneous people on the earth. He nurtured democracy. More than any other individual, we owe him our present-day attachment to democratic institutions. He respected minorities and made us secular in our tempreament. Most important, he injected in us the modernist ideas of liberty and equality. He gave us youthful hope and optimism (34)
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Kakar said that it begins with the Indian bride, who is not fully accepted in hr husband's home until she produces a male child. She is so grateful when a son is born that she indulges him to excess. As the boy grows up, he remains close to the mother and distant from the father. The ned result is that the boy grows up narcissistic and has a weak ego. (P.42)

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I tend to be more comfortable with the econoist's approach (p 43)
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More women are working, and there is less time ot overindulge the male child ; so perhaps there is hope that the Indian mal will grow up with a healthier ego and be a better team player. With more and more self-confident women in the managerial ranks, this healthy trend might even be reinforced. (p43)