The book titled Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition from Penguin Books Ltd is one of the best sellers in the market. From Jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, this book covers some of the deadly legacies of the country's partition.
Synopsis
The book is written in lucid language and deals with some of terrors and noxious legacies which took place at the time of the Partition of India. This page in history still casts a long shadow even in this modern world, as no one anticipated the liberation of India and the birth of Pakistan to be so gory. The book describes the tragic period with the usage of personal stories and also through some eye-witnesses and also brings to the fore front the complex relationships between Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Lord Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It also states how the partition created a wide gulf between the two different nations despite having so much in common. This book is a must have for all reading enthusiasts.
About the Author
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition is written by Nisid Hajari, who is the Asia editor of Bloomberg View. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Nisid Hajari previously worked as Foreign Editor and then as Co-Editor of Newsweek.
