Nearly six decades since his death, a large and diverse range of writings- comparative, expository, biographical, hagiographical and dialogical -- have appeared on Gandhi. He had the perceptive vision to see this tragic scenario, or the tidings of global disaster as early as 1909 in his Hind Swaraj. In this classic work, he characterized 'Modern Civilization' as a "Disease" and a "Nine Days' Wonder" which was doomed to ...
The history of India would have been different had Sardar Patel not been the Deputy Prime Minister when India became independent in 1947. The triumvirate-Gandhiji, Nehru and Sardar Patel were responsible for giving direction to the destiny of the country. Sardar Patel consolidated the country into one united whole in a unique manner. On the eve of their departure, the British Government announced that its paramountcy would lapse not only over the British ...
