Freedom at Midnight

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How Mountbatten have been appointed, the British Politics, all these kind of inside information about the crown made it easier to understand their mentality and the things that they were going through during the Independence. Instead, they are depicted as contending with historical inevitabilities far more powerful than themselves. The electrifying story of India’s struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants – from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi. As you read, you'll find a great deal is written about Mahatma Gandhi, the "dejected bird" of Mountbatten, Nehru, the handsome Indian who is incredibly fascinated by the Mountbattens, Jinnah, the only guy who is shown in the bad light, and Patel, well.

However the author cleverly forgets how they flared the differences between religions in India when it suited them. Meenu is full of writing prompts and she also aspire to become a published author one day or the other. After all bureaucrats and military generals, and all those people are supposed to come from a royal background such as Mountbatten's and Churchill's. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

This is the India of Jawaharlal Nehru, heart-broken by the tragedy of the country's division; of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a Moslem who drank, ate pork and rarely entered a mosque, yet led 45 million Muslims to nationhood; of Gandhi, who stirred a subcontinent without raising his voice; of the last viceroy, Mountbatten, beseeched by the leaders of an independent India to take back the powers he'd just passed to them. Jack Loveridge’s reviews of “Wavell: the Viceroy’s Journal,” “Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography,” “The Decline, Fall, and Revival of the British Empire,” and “The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan.

No part of this Blog can be reproduced in any manner without prior permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non commercial uses permitted by copyright law. Mahatma Gandhi was antagonistic to partition while Jinnah wanted a separate Muslim nation at all costs. The narrative style of the book immerses readers in the visual landscape of the falling Raj and allows them to step into the minds of the great actors of this time. Frankly, never has a single book amazed and intrigued me so much, while being so educative and informative.

The book is over 500 pages long and covers only one year - there is no mistaking how high and how vast the stakes are as one works through it. Gandhi had so immersed himself in the lives of India’s masses, sharing their sorrows and sufferings, their daily existence, that he had a unique ability to perceive the mood of his nation. This book enticed my appetite to read more history about the formation Modern India and the Leaders of that time. Through this piece, the author-duo have delved into some of the darker sides of the prominent figures of that era and the whole populace as a whole. The process by which we succeeded in remaining free, is a saga that is richer and bigger than the sordid pulp produced here.