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In many of the heated political debates taking place in India today, most particularly in the aftermath of the renewed India-Pakistan-China stand-offs, much of the virtue Nehru stood for has been relegated to the ground. Many of us tend to forget that Nehru has other identities to be celebrated by the Indians including that he was one of the pioneers of Indian writing in English. He was a litterateur a class apart for his great love for humanity, profound knowledge of India and of world-history, his passion for making India a developed country and his inimitable style of writing in English which the British might also envy. The present paper is a humble endeavor to highlight the traits of Nehru as an Indian English writer with special reference to his literary masterpieces--- An Autobiography, Glimpses of World History and Discovery of India. His identity as an Indian writer in English is particularly marked by his letters written to his daughter Indira and hence, this paper underscores this facet of Nehru of writing letters with great penchant. An endeavor has also been made to highlight some hallmarks of Nehru as an Indian English writer.