Mohan and Muhammad
Gandhi, Jinnah and the Break-up of British India
Will be published approx. on 20. May 2025
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-93-7003-213-2 (ISBN)
Description
The struggle for India's independence occupied much of the first half of the last century. The result, when it came, was tragic; India got its independence but the country was also partitioned in two- something that the leaders who fought for freedom had not expected. How and why it happened are questions that have intrigued historians ever since. In Mohan and Muhammad: Gandhi, Jinnah and the Break-up of British India, Meghnad Desai has taken the two principal personalities-Mohandas Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, now thought to be the two principal antagonists of the struggle-to bring out the similarities and parallels in their lives, their views and their interactions. While they struggled to win independence for the country they had grown up in, for which they gave up their lives, but all of that culminated in their beloved country getting divided. It is a moving, and ultimately heart-breaking, story. - A gripping account of India's independence-and the unexpected tragedy of Partition. - Explore the untold story behind how a united freedom struggle ended in division. - Two towering figures, one divided nation-discover the lives, ideals and conflicts of Mohandas Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. - Parallels and contrasts between two leaders who shaped history but couldn't prevent its heartbreak. - Meghnad Desai offers a fresh, nuanced perspective on one of the most pivotal moments in modern history. - Mohan and Muhammad: Gandhi, Jinnah and the Break-up of British India-a powerful, emotional, and thought-provoking read.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-93-7003-213-2 (9789370032132)
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Meghnad Desai is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics where he taught for 40 years. He has written extensively on Indian history and politics, and among his books are Divided by Democracy: Why is India a Democracy and Pakistan is not a Democracy (2005, jointly with Aitzaz Ahsan), The Rediscovery of India (2009), and The Raisina Model: Indian Democracy at 70 (2017). His other titles include Politicshock: Trump, Modi, Brexit and the Prospect for Liberal Democracy (2017), Anamika: A Tale of Desire in a Time of War (2020), and Mayabharata: The Untold Story behind the Death of Lord Krishna (2022). He was made Lord Desai of St Clement Danes in 1991, and awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Puraskar in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2008.