India, April 13 -- Since India will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth on October 31 this year, let me recall some qualities of his that have been forgotten. The first is the care he took of his four brothers, three of whom were older than him, and of his only sister Dahiba, who was the youngest sibling. Being a 'middle' son, Vallabh as a boy did not receive much respect or affection, which made him a realist and a fighter. However, a largeness of heart made Vallabh, who possessed a sharp brain as well, a funder of his five siblings, whose father Jhaverbhai, never rich, had over time lost much of what he possessed....