Given the enormous terrorism threats we face today, we have never needed a fearless thinker and doer like Amit Shah more.

India's Loh Purush: Home Minister Amit Shah has shown he has Sardar Patel's steeliness and Chanakya's strategic abilities

Can a man be turned into a towering figure by casting him in stone and bronze?

Understanding the politics behind erecting statues

There have been questions over whether Sardar Patel, or for that matter, Bose got their due during the 60 years of Congress governance.

Iron Man of India. Made with bronze cladding from China

The Statue of Unity is full of ironies. Not least that the man who first recognised the Chinese threat to India should have his statue made with Chinese know-how.

While Nehru and his daughter and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi received Bharat Ratna (1955 and 1971, respectively), Patel had to wait till 1991.

Sardar Patel got a raw deal from the Congress, his Statue of Unity will set things right

Be it real political power or receiving the Bharat Ratna, Sardar Patel always came second for the Congress. The resentment over his statue shows this again.

BJP is therefore desperate to appropriate the legacy of leaders like Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel by constantly pitting them against Nehru.

Statue of (Dis)Unity: Why Modi should have built Gandhi’s image, not Sardar Patel's

BJP is desperate to appropriate the legacy of leaders like Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel by pitting them against Nehru. That's how low its politics has gone.

Praising Patel’s statue of unity only exposes the hypocrisy of Indian society

Why it's not Sardar Patel's 'Statue of Unity' but Indian hypocrisy that stands tallest in the world

It hurts our sentiments when someone questions the 'ostentatious tribute' to Sardar Patel, but not when an Ambedkar statue is vandalised.

Campus communists and regressive leftists have always sought India’s disintegration.

Why the Statue of Unity is such a pain for the left and liberals

Campus communists and regressive leftists have always sought India’s disintegration. No wonder this tribute irks them so much.

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5 things that make the Statue of Unity truly iconic

The site is only going to add to the beauty and splendour that India provides as a tourist destination to visitors from across the globe.

Experts have warned that inhaling the air, especially in the morning and evening, could have disastrous consequences on one’s health.

Making children sprint in the Run for Unity in this polluted air would have miffed Sardar Patel

Experts have warned that inhaling the air, especially in the morning and evening, could have disastrous consequences on one’s health. But who is bothered about the kids' well-being?

Patel was more than just India’s first Deputy Prime Minister. He was its chief architect.

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