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The Hitler Indians should know

Mr Purandare reminds us that Hitler's view of India was shaped by another Briton, a political philosopher called Houston Chamberlain

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Hitler and India: The Untold Story of His Hatred for the Country and Its People

Kanika Datta
Hitler and India: The Untold Story of His Hatred for the Country and Its People
Author: Vaibhav Purandare
Publisher: Westland
Pages: 206
Price: Rs 399

Sometime in the early nineties, a security official at Mumbai airport pointed to a photograph of Adolf Hitler on the cover of a book I was reading and offered an unsolicited comment. “Very good man,” he said. “Very bad man,” I replied disbelievingly, “He murdered Jews.” “But he was very kind,” the official persisted.

The man’s hazy grasp of history made argument futile but this novel view of Hitler pointed to a popular cult. And so it was. Bal Thackeray,

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