Jinnah Helped Hindus and Other Reflections, Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 9789386473806

Preview now

Jinnah Helped Hindus and Other Reflections

Prafull Goradia (Author)

Synopsis

The cocktail of subjects touched upon in Jinnah helped Hindus and Other Reflections may surprise some readers by their diversity. From a young boy questioning why with a galaxy of freedom fighters, we have Gandhi’s portrait on all our currency notes, especially when money was his last concern to how Jinnah actually helped Hindus. Why Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, who welcomed Muslim migrants with open arms, is today offering them 3000 Euros as a return package? Many of the essays ask truly relevant questions. According to the author the Babri Masjid should be called Babri maqbarah since it is not a masjid. How acute is the threat of Islamisation of Europe? What is the future of minorities in Pakistan? Why did Jinnah call the Aligarh Muslim University the ‘arsenal of Pakistan’? Prafull Goradia also analyses why Indians still prefer sarkari jobs over others and what the causes of the failure of State Capitalism are. In the essay ‘Cricket in Need of a Revolution’ the author is critical of the fact that India has only one competitive international cricket team. Almost the same players play Test matches, One-dayers as well as twenty-20s. Why? We overstrain these players and might even be risking the quality of their game. Every reader will find something of interest in this collection of essays.

40.50 36.45 $ 45.00 $

Free delivery Wolrdwidе in 10-18 days Ships in 1-2 days from New Delhi Membership for 1 Year $35.00
Get it now and save 10%

Add to cart

Buy now

Add to wishlist

Members SAVE 10% every day
BECOME A MEMBER

About the author

Prafull Goradia

The Saffron Book is neither a hidden agenda nor a secret conspiracy. It is the open manifesto of a modern Indian who was born in Mumbai, bred in Gujarat, brought up in Kolkata and now shuttles between Vadodara and Delhi. He has a second house in Kochi as well as a residence in Ahmedabad. His business is spread across nine cities from Guwahati in the east to Coonoor and Coimbatore in the South. Son of a Boston University Graduate, his wife and both his daughters finished their studies at Cambridge, England. Schooled by Catholic Anglo-Indians, he graduated from Elphinstone College, Mumbai, in 1956. He later learnt spoken Urdu from Agha Iqbal Mirza who was a virtual member of the household for eight years until he died in 1986. His earliest business benefactors happened to be the Jewish Elias family of Calcutta. Two of his aunts were Parsee. Although a Gujarati, Goradia also speaks Hindi and Bengali. His great grandfather was the first allopath to pass out of an Indian university with a degree called Licenciate of Medicine in 1863. His grandfather was the Divan of Morbi state in Saurashtra until 1933. All in all, he has not the slightest grouse against any community. The only difference between him and some members of the intelligentsia is that he does not pay the tribute that the Hindu politeness often pays to anti Hindus who wear the slogan of secularism on their sleeve. Hypocrisy is not the key to achieving Hindu Muslim oneness without which India cannot be integrated. Many a great soul beginning with Emperor Akbar to Bhakta Kabir to Mahatma Gandhi has tried. Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi a la Shah Bano also attempted. Yet the equation has oscillated between that of acquaintance and the adversary. At best, they have smiled and at worst they have killed one another. It has never firmed up into friendship. Goradia believes no one can be a friend unless he is frank and forthright. The Saffron Book is his answer to fulfil his undying desire for a united India where 100 crore people can move forward like one person to catch up on their lost centuries.

Books by the same author