Jinnah vs Gandhi

Never have I ever come across such a detailed and unbiased analysis of both the doyens of Indian Subcontinental History. Thought provoking and influential, the prose will hook you and make you question the very tenets of this age old conflict between the twin children of old British India - India & Pakistan. This will be contrasted against the founding fathers of both nations and how they truly were unwanted children rushed through conception because their parent had lost their grip at the end. Particularly Jinnah's assessment and his view about independent India are of note. Often neglected and demonized ( worshipped in Pakistan) his is the story that intrigued me the most. To that add the fact none of his written work exists, this will be the closest we will get to his mind's inner working.The Gandhi story is taken out of its glossy cover in this book and put to tye test of critical analysis. His philosophy and spiritual discourse is analysed and later used to understand hia political deeds and motivations.In the end the book will be of use to everyone, regardless of where they come from or what their ideologies be. To understand these two is two understand their nations and how we have failed to grasp their motives.

I don't know what book the other reviewer was reviewing. This book is not about Jinna and Gandhi. This book is about a village where a simple girl falls in love with a person who comes from another place. This is a story of forbidden love, poetically written, with a lot of wisdom. But it's also very easy to read. You can finish it in one go. Read this, rather than reading all the shallow love stories that don the Indian bestseller lists. This is a gem. A hidden one, it seems - as not many people read it or discovered it.I wonder why Manjul Bajaj is not more well known. Her other book- 'Another man's wife' - a collection of short stories is also very good.

Nothing new ...you can get the same enformation from regular history booka on Indian independence struggle .

Must read for Indians, who put the blame for PARTITION on one person or the other.

It is up to the mark of my expectation. Definitely proved to be a helpful tool for one who is curious to know the History of India and Pakistan before partition and the thoughts of both Gandhi & Jinnah which play a crucial role regarding this (unwanted !) partition.....what "we" the people of both nations get after this partition since then till today !

The link to kindle book takes you to another book. The reviews are also is a mix of both. Please check and correct.

An excellent novel. A simple story based on the times gone by when Khap Panchayats ruled the hinterland. It's a love story, but valour and daring is not excluded. An excellent debut novel by Manjul Bajaj.

All of us in India have been brought up on the belief that Gandhi was The Mahatma...and Jinnah... the cigarette smoking, whisky drinking evil lawyer who split India...well, the Villain...made more famous to us by Attenborough's epic movie GANDHI where Alyque Padamsee essayed it like a sophisticated version of Ajit's / K N Singh's roles in countless Bollywood movies. Unfortunately I have never come across a book on Jinnah ever...he did not spawn an industry like Gandhiji did. Any Indian books on the Independence or Gandhiji..Mostly portrayed Jinnah in an extremely unfavorable light.. Roderick Mathews, based in UK is a freelance historian who specializes on Indian history. He recreates Indian independence history for us and takes us thru the role of Jinnah and Gandhiji in it...dispassionately written without the usual hagiography associated with books on Gandhiji. Very well written...also gives us a refresher on the Indian independence story... At the end of the book, we still end up falling in love with Gandhiji (at a rational level as a saintly philosopher and freedom fighter with his own failings and not as Mr. Perfect) and his idiosyncrasies...and continue to regard him as the Mahatma....and poor Jinnah...we become a little more sympathetic...as we try to understand his motives and mechanisms. He had his own beliefs and agenda and was not such a vile character as India makes him out to be. Possibly if we had good relations with Pakistan, Jinnah would not be seen as the nasty guy he is made out to be.An interesting point that the author drives is that a large part of Gandhiji's greatness hinged on the superb and also diverse followers that he had (Nehru, Sardar Patel, Azad et al) whom he held together and who could continue his mission of building an united India...and it is here that Jinnah comes across poorly...no great followers...Well, this also sums up why we have Gandhian thought, Gandhigiri, Gandhism today which is understood and respected universally and no Jinnaism!