Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Hitler's Mein Kampf a big hit in India...

Sales of Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's autobiography and apologia for his anti-semitism, are soaring in India where business students regard the dictator as a management guru.

Booksellers told The Daily Telegraph that while it is regarded in most countries as a 'Nazi Bible', in India it is considered a management guide in the mould of Spencer Johnson's "Who Moved My Cheese".

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Several said the surge in sales was due to demand from students who see it as a self-improvement and management strategy guide for aspiring business leaders, and who were happy to cite it as an inspiration.

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Dr J Kuruvachira, Professor of Philosophy of Salesian College in Nagaland and who has cited Mein Kampf as a source of inspiration to the Hindu nationalist BJP, said he believed the book's popularity was due to political reasons. Full story...

See also:

  1. A look at the swastika...
  2. Who invented the Olympic Torch ceremony?
  3. At least they didn't name him "Sue..."
  4. Marx “Das Kapital” sales soar among young Germans...

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