Hindu Muslim

Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed that Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand.

India, 1857. A revolution against the East India Company has engulfed the nation for months. Mirza Khan is a victim of the conflict, and it has left him imprisoned at the hands of British captors. He has lost everything: his family, his land, and his love. All that remains are memories of a time forgotten. However, Mirza has one battle left to face as the date of his execution draws nearer, and it is a struggle that will push him to the brink. Mirza will have a choice: will he go quietly into the night, or will he roar like a lion one last time?

The name Gandhi towers above every other in the political landscape of India for very good reasons. The “Soul” of modern India—Mahatma Gandhi— bore that last name; India’s first and only female prime minister or head of state—Indira Gandhi—married into the name; and Rajiv Gandhi reluctantly made it into politics and became the Prime Minister of India as a Gandhi. They left positive legacies, yet they were assassinated by extremists with exclusive and twisted agendas. And as it turned out, their deaths contributed to the advancement of humanity. What was it about these three ...