Eight Lives

<p>This book was written by a Hindu the grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi. His intent in writing on eight Muslims and their influence on India in the twentieth century is to reduce the gulf between Hindu and Muslims. Focusing on figures viewed as heroes by sub-continent Muslims he shows that they can be admired by Hindus as well-that they need not be frozen in Hindu minds as foes.</p><p>Here is a fascinating account of twentieth-century India Pakistan and Bangladesh told through biographical sketches of eight men: Sayyid Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) Fazlul Huq (1873-1962) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) Muhammad Iqbal (1876-1938) Muhammad Ali (1878-1931) Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958) Liaqat Ali Khan (1895-1951) and Zakir Husain (1897-1969).</p>