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The Man Who Saved India
- Narrated by: B. Andrew
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
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Publisher's Summary
There is perhaps no political figure in modern history who did more to secure and protect the Indian nation than Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. But, ironically, 70 years after Patel brought together piece-by-piece the map of India by fusing the princely states with British India to create a new democratic, independent nation, little is understood or appreciated about Patel's enormous contribution to the making of India.
Caricatured in political debate, all the nuances of Patel's difficult life and the daring choices he made are often lost, or worse, used as mere polemic. If Mahatma Gandhi was the spiritual core of India's freedom struggle and Jawaharlal Nehru its romantic idealism, it was Sardar Patel who brought in the vital pragmatism which held together the national movement and the first ideas of independent India. A naturally stoic man, Patel, unlike Gandhi or Nehru, wrote no personal history. He famously argued that its was better to create history than write it. This is why even his deepest misgivings and quarrels have been easily buried.
But every warning that Patel left for India - from the dangers of allowing groups to create private militias to his thoughtful criticism on India's approach to Kashmir, Pakistan, and China - are all dangerously relevant today. It is impossible to hear about Patel, who died in 1950, and not feel that had he lived on, India might have been a different country. It is also impossible to ignore Patel and understand not only what the idea of India is but also what it could have been, and might be in the future.
The Man Who Saved India is a sweeping, magisterial retelling of Sardar Patel's story. With fiercely detailed and pugnacious anecdotes, multiple award-winning, best-selling writer Hindol Sengupta brings alive Patel's determined life of struggle and his furious commitment to keep India safe. This audiobook brings alive all the arguments, quarrels, and clashes between some of the most determined people in Indian history and their battle to carve out an independent nation.
Through ravages of a failing body broken by decades of abuse in and outside prison, Patel stands out in this audiobook as the man who, even on his death bed, worked to save India. Hindol Sengupta's The Man Who Saved India is destined to define Patel's legacy for future generations.
Critic Reviews
"It is dangerous to put dreamers in power. Sardar Patel's pragmatism was the perfect antidote to Nehru's idealism in the early years of Independence. If only Patel had lived longer, India would have been spared the excesses of the License Raj and the Kashmir problem. This is one of the messages of this lively, highly readable book." (Gurcharan Das, best-selling author)
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- Tushar Jambhekar
- 18-09-19
Horrible narration of mediocre content
Within the first 5 mins, you know that B. Andrew carries a horrifying accent and takes irregular pauses in narration that can totally translate the meaning.
There is virtually no voice modulation or voice/language expert used. It sounds like how a school kid will read a paragraph from a book. Really sorry but it spoils the content even further.
The content is what is already present in the public domain - nothing exclusive or enlightening. It is a rather sad experience.
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- Gautam natwarlal shah
- 24-02-21
Insightful
A must read for every Indian. Amazing work by Hindol Sengupta. One of the best books I have read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-01-21
Bias Book
Got the book to learn about man but the story is one sided plus poor reading by reader
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- Srivatsa
- 15-01-21
very good, good information about india
very good, good information about pre independent India. good log
look about Patel's life. nice narration
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-11-20
Insights into the style of Sardar Patelji
Very good insights of the personality of Patelji provided by the author on the following:
-Reverance to Gandhiji.
-Boldness and Pragmatism.
-Circumstances led to the acceptance of Partition.
-Visionary as recognized by Times Magazine.
-Committed to the cause inspite of the idiosyncrasies exhibited by his peers.
Contribution of Maniben Patelji should be highlighted atleast in supplementary material or in the next edition.
I suggest this book for the youth of this great nation so they acknowledge the price paid by our ancestors for giving us the society we live.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-09-20
Insights into one of not so much written person
The book gives meaningful insights into Iron Man Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and his contribution to independent India....however the tone adopted is full of bias playing out the debate on "what if Patel would have been the first PM of Independent India". This narrative was in contradiction throughout the book except the end where differences between Nehru and Patel were beyond reconciliation....would have been great if the work was unbiased.
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- Natarajan M.
- 11-09-20
good story
Many mistakes in reading. in many places 2018 is mentioned in place of 1918. The orator has done a good job. The book is refreshingly different. in the trinity of leadership Gandhi and Nehru are in limelight but Patel is misses.Patel, the architect of modern India can be viewed through this book
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- Srini
- 15-07-20
Sad Narration, weak editing, informative contents
Firstly: the most irritating part if the performance of the narrator. I can understand English with Indian pronunciation, but cannot tolerate obvious errors and pronunciations which are wrong from an Indian context as well!
Story: While the contents are quite informative and new for me, I do wish the editing would have been crisper. Lots of repetitions and inconsistent jumps!
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- Kamleshg
- 22-05-20
Interesting but?
Although the author has made an attempt to write about the Iron NaN of India, however there is enough written about the man his life etc. more is taken from Indian History books and little about the way he had all the princely states accede to India. Could have been more in depth about Patel than about others. I think the book covers about 40% on Patel and the rest on others.
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- Jai Singh
- 05-05-20
Why should we read this book?
Must read book for every Indian to understand the present situation, folly of Gandhi in preferring Nehru over Patel as the first Prime Minister. On the spot predictions regarding China and Pakistan. A great person who deserves a much needed recognition for his role in the freedom struggle and in keeping the union together. A man of steel he truly was. My humble salutations to this great Indian.