Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru is whimsical and contemplates the root of everything that he has inherited in life. He talks about this  in  Chapter 1 Bharat ki Khoj of Class 8 Hindi.He ponders over the culmination of everything that the human race has accomplished through countless wins, or the sorrow of lost battles. He believes that we are drawn to stories of courage passed down through the years since we are all a part of and inheritors of such a legacy. He feels that Indians have a distinct and unique cultural history that he would want to adapt to the current circumstances.