Gandhi's Hinduism
By: Akbar, M.J.
Publisher: New Delhi Bloomsbury 2020Description: ix, 454p.ISBN: 9789389449143.Subject(s): Politics and Government -- All-India Muslim League -- India -- Pakistan | Political Leaders -- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948 -- IndiaDDC classification: 954.910359 Summary: Gandhi, a devout Hindu, believed faith could nurture the civilizational harmony of India, a land where every religion had flourished. Jinnah, a political Muslim rather than a practising believer, was determined to carve up a syncretic subcontinent in the name of Islam. His confidence came from a wartime deal with Britain, embodied in the 'August Offer' of 1940. Gandhi's strength lay in an ideological commitment which was, in the end, ravaged by the communal violence that engineered partition. The price of this epic confrontation, paid by the people, has stretched into generations.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Gandhi, a devout Hindu, believed faith could nurture the civilizational harmony of India, a land where every religion had flourished. Jinnah, a political Muslim rather than a practising believer, was determined to carve up a syncretic subcontinent in the name of Islam. His confidence came from a wartime deal with Britain, embodied in the 'August Offer' of 1940. Gandhi's strength lay in an ideological commitment which was, in the end, ravaged by the communal violence that engineered partition. The price of this epic confrontation, paid by the people, has stretched into generations.
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