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Hitendra Patel

The Statesman

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Rethinking History ~ II

Rethinking History ~ II

The constitutional debates of the 1920s acquired a new urgency after the Communal Award of 1932 and, more decisively, the Government of India Act of...

13.07.2026 20

The Statesman

Hitendra Patel

Rethinking History ~ I

Rethinking History ~ I

‘Misunderstanding of the present is the inevitable consequence of ignorance of the past. But a man may wear himself out just as fruitlessly in...

12.07.2026 30

The Statesman

Hitendra Patel

The Fifth Stream ~ II

The question remains even today: on what legal basis can the Jana Sangh or the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh conclusively be called fascist? They were...

15.06.2026 20

The Statesman

Hitendra patel

The Fifth Stream ~ I

The greatest characteristic of Indian politics has been that ideological struggles here have always been multi-layered. Since the freedom movement,...

14.06.2026 20

The Statesman

Hitendra patel