Riot After Riot

Politics & Social Sciences

M.J. Akbar

Social Sciences

Penguin??Books

Tinderbox: The Past And Future Of Pakistan

Harpercollins

A political and personal biography of Nehru to be published before the 100th anniversary of his birth in November 1989, by an Indian journalist. He also wrote "India: The Siege Within".

Nehru: The Making of India

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

ROLI-BOOKS

The Shadow of Swords traces the origins of jihad in the struggle against oppression that was part of the earliest consciousness of Muslims. The conflict between Islam and Christianity began from the time of the Prophet himself and has acquired myriad shapes over fourteen hundred years. Akbar explains how jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice.

The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the conflict between Islam & christianity

Religion & Spirituality

Islam

Lotus Collection, Roli Books

Kashmir lies at the edge of India’s borders and at the heart of India’s consciousness. It is not geography that is the issue; Kashmir also guards the frontiers of ideology. If there was a glow of hope in the deepening shadows of a bitter partition, then it was Kashmir, whose people consciously rejected the false patriotism of fundamentalism and made common cause with secular India instead of theocratic Pakistan. Kashmir was, as Sheikh Abdullah said and Jawaharlal Nehru believed, a stabilising force for India. Why has that harmony disintegrated? Why has the promise been stained by the blood of rebellion? M.J. Akbar, the celebrated author of India: The Siege Within, Nehru: The Making of India, Riot After Riot and The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict between Islam and Christianity delves deep into the past for the roots of Kashmiriyat, the identity and culture that has blossomed within the ring of mountains for thousands of years. He records Kashmir’s struggle in the century to first free itself from feudal oppression and then enter the world of modern India in 1947. Placing the mistakes and triumphs of those early, formative years in the perspective of history, the author goes on to explain how the 1980s have opened the way for Kashmir’s hitherto marginalised secessionists. Both victory and defeat have their lessons; to forget either is to destablise the future. Kashmir and the mother country are inextricably linked. India cannot afford to be defeated in her Kashmir.

Kashmir: Behind the Vale

India: the siege within is a non-fiction work by m j akbar, who is the national spokesperson for the bharatiya janata party (bjp) and an influential journalist he has authored many political non-fiction works like kashmir behind the vale, riot after riot and nehru: the making of india m j akbar was editor-in-chief for india today and the deccan chronicle and also launched a weekly newspaper called "the sunday guardian" in 2010 india: the siege within is a riveting attempt by this journalist and gives an account on how present india exists and what role unity plays, with its diverse population the book also addresses the issues relevant to the hindu and muslim diasporam j akbar regards his book as an account of the policies that india has adopted for democracy and how some of the policies have both worked and failed the book traces the origin of real indian polity, which starts from 1947 and how prior to that there was not much deliberation on the separation of hindu and muslim states he also points out the role of the british administration of the time and how he believes that nationality should have nothing to do with what religion you belong to he says he is an indian first, especially at a time when the freedom of his nation is concerned india: the siege within also highlights the origins of the cracks in the unity of india, which have traces in the history of nation's freedom strugglethe book is a well-documented and researched work, which delves into the emotions which binds and unites a nation, which has undergone massive changes with regard to the political affiliations of the people within author m j akbar tugs at the heart of india's development as a united country on the global map the new edition of the book was published by roli books in 2003 and is available in paperback key features: india: the siege within-challenges to a nation's unity sheds light on the present and past political scenes that made india what it is today

India

History

Asia

Roli Books Pvt. Ltd.

Reprint of a classic on Indian riots. case studies in Jamshedpur, Moradabad, Sarhurpur, Meerut. carefl analysis, well written

Riot After Riot: Reports on Caste and Communal Violence in India

Politics & Government

Roli Books Pvt Ltd, India

The shade of swords: mj akbar writes the first cohensive history of jihad from the prophet muhammed to the presence of british and american troops in afghanistan, and more recently in iraq, akbar shows how jihads origins lie in the earliest consciousness of muslims, how it thrives on complex notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice jihad pervades the mind and soul of islam this book reveals its strength and significance, and this jihad has come to iraq in a new, shia dimension

The Shade of Swords

"Blood Brothers" is M.J. Akbar's amazing story of three generations of a Muslim family - based on his own - and how they deal with the fluctuating contours of Hindu-Muslim relations. Telinipara, a small jute mill town some 30 miles north of Kolkata along the Hooghly, is a complex Rubik's Cube of migrant Bihari workers, Hindus and Muslims; Bengalis, poor and 'bhadralok'; and Sahibs who live in the safe, 'foreign' world of Victoria Jute Mill. Into this scattered inhabitation, enters a child on the verge of starvation, Prayaag, who is saved and adopted by a Muslim family, converts to Islam and takes on the name of Rahmatullah. As Rahmatullah knits Telinipara into a community, friendship, love, trust and faith are continually tested by the cancer of riots. Incidents - conversion, circumcision, the arrival of plague or electricity - and a fascinating array of characters - the ultimate Brahmin, Rahmatullah's friend Girija Maharaj, the workers' leader, Bauna Sardar, the storyteller, Talat Mian, the poet-teacher, Syed Ashfaque, the smiling mendicant, Burha Deewana, the sincere Sahib, Simon Hogg, and then the questioning, demanding third generation of the author and his friend Kamala - interlink into a narrative of social history as well as a powerful memoir. "Blood Brothers" is a chronicle of its age, its canvas as enchanting as its narrative, a personal journey through change as tensions build, stretching the bonds of a lifetime to breaking point and demanding, in the end, the greatest sacrifice. Its last chapters, written in a bare-bones, unemotional style, are the most moving as the author searches for hope amid raw wounds with a surgeon's scalpel.

Blood Brothers - A Family Saga

India: The siege within : challenges to a nation's unity

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