Book Review of Jaswant Singh's Latest Book

Jaswant left back over four decades, the Indian Army and joined the BJP, the Hindu party with the support of Hindu nationalist organizations like the RSS (GOM Swaym Sewak Sangh) swimming. In reality he was a founding member of the party in 1980.Jaswant increase in the past 3 decades has been meteoric and he achieved a great importance in the BJP. He had the distinction of being the former Indian Foreign Minister during the BJP rule when Vajpayee was the PrimeMinister.

With the defeat of the BJP in 2004 at the hustings, Mr. Jaswant has used his spare time well by writing scholarly articles and books. His latest Book 'Jinnah-partition, India ' is one such exercise. It's a well written book and Jaswant cannot be faulted in his rendering of that tortuous period in the history of the sub continent.

!947 was a momentous period in Indian history. Pakistan and India were given freedom from British colonial rule after nearly 150 years. The two nation theory was adopted, and the independent Muslim state of Pakistan came into being. Singh pointed out that Jinnah not now revered as the founder of Pakistan issued a rabid communalist as by Hindu leaders of Congress. He was basically secular and if anything, he had no hatred, it was not for the Hindus, but the Congress, which was dominated by Hindu leaders Nehru and Patel.

Jaswant takes the fact that Nehru and Patel convinced of their personal ambitions agree GandhiPartition and the creation of Pakistan.Jaswant therefore has stirred a hornets' nest, and against the national policy of the BJP, which wants to think that was a Hindu Sardar Patel V per guide path. They forget that the first Patel congressional leaders to the RSS ban was in 1948.

But Jaswant not analyze the reasons and the spirit of Jinnah why he called for "direct action" in 1946.The result of this call was a devastating outbreak of communal riots across India as Muslims resorted toViolence on call Jinnah and the Hindus retaliated, leading to the largest massacres in world history. The book would have added value if Jaswant had dissected this aspect of Jinnah. But despite this gap, the period of Indian history at the time clearly stated by Jaswant Singh presented. You may or may not agree with him, but the book is perfectly readable. Jaswant already paid the price for his scientific work, by and distributed by the BJP, but this should not deter serious studentsto read the Indian history in this book

For my part I recommend this book to everyone and anyone that has some interest in the subcontinent.

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