The Life We were Searching for

from here. There is a lack of contentment and peace deep inside them. People who refuse to make God the object of their devotion and worship may be so engrossed in the preoccupations and temporary pleasures of the world that they may feel very content and at peace. But as soon as the artificial environment in which they live begins to reveal a crack, reality begins to force its way from inside them and reminds them that they are devoid of true peace and contentment. Search for Meaning in Life About twelve years before India’s independence in 1935, when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru completed his time in jail, he penned the following words: “I feel that one chapter of my life has come to an end, and now a new chapter will begin. What will it be? No one can speculate about it. The next pages of the book of life are unknown.” (Nehru, “An Autobiography,” London, p. 597) As Nehru’s life unfolded, it became evident that he would become the Prime Minister of the world’s third-largest country, governing over the most populous part of the world. However, this realization did not quell Nehru’s restlessness. Even in the zenith of his success, he continued to sense that there were still unturned pages in the Book of Life. This question persisted in his mind until his final days, a question that every individual carries from birth. In the first week of January 1964, an international conference of orientalists convened in New Delhi, with representatives from India and other countries in attendance. During his