Sardar Patel-Builder of Aspirational India

The book is a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the General of Bardoli, the Lion of Gujarat, the Iron Man of India, and the Sardar of the country’s struggle for independence, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on his 146th birth anniversary. Patel laid the scaffolding of a steel frame for the emergence of a new India. His life and biography are emblematic of an India destined to rise from its ashes. Winning freedom and giving strength to this emerging India was dear to him like no other thing. No wonder, he put his blooming personal career in law, and the aspirations of his family-members at stake at the call of Gandhiji. His nature, temperament, and aspirations rebelled against the injustice; whether by the British, or the compatriots. He was fully committed to unity, integrity, and future of India. He was as much realistic as futuristic, unfettered to the geo-politics or the philosophies of his times; with grasp over the nature of human minds he commanded like no other leader of his times had. He could foresee and calculate the consequences of the decisions India needed to take, or the consequences of the ones missed. No wonder, he went hammer and tongs about the integration of princely states, redesigning but retaining the central civil services, and the constitutional provisions he was in-charge of. His idealism was never woolly, nor his promises wordy. A man of few words, meticulous in his approach, he concerned himself more with the practical outcome of ideas and efforts, the world of ideas and ideals as mere mental construct, or categories. His organizing skills brought people with contrasting sensibilities on the common platform. His captaincy of integrating the 565 princely states into the Union of India is a hair-raising story of grit, personal sacrifice and strength of conviction. No wonder, Sardar Patel was a mass leader, an astute diplomat, able administrator, with an inclusive view of life. He never gave to populism and politics of appeasement, or to careerism, as the national interest was the only reality paramount to him. What, if not this would have made anyone the greatest statesman of modern India, arguably of all times. The book Sardar Patel: Builder of Aspirational India brings out traits of his personality that are the byword of the elements that underpin the spirit of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat. This book is a take by prominent administrators and academics inspired by the life, ideals and values that define Sardar Patel. Lucid in language, coherent in contents, erudite in knowledge, accurate in description, pragmatic in approach, the book offers a holistic overview of Sardar Patel’s contributions to aspirational India. The interesting illustrations by contributors would fascinate and inspire the readers to coevolve with the mystic beauty of unraveled past. 

ISBN : 978-81-955533-3-4  2021. 

Original Price : Rs 1947. Available at a discounted price till Aug 15, 2022 @ Rs 487 .

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Editor: SN Tripathi/Saket Bihari