Jinnah vs. Gandhi  (English, Hardcover, Matthews Roderick)

Two faces on either sides of a border, both literally and figuratively, this is how one describes the relationship between Mohammad Ali Jinnahbhai Khojani and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Jinnah Vs. Gandhi takes readers through the relationship between the Fathers of Pakistan and India.

Summary of the Book

From a prophetic first meeting where Mohammad Ali Jinnah addressed him in fluent English to be replied to in chaste Gujarati, the relationship between Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the Father of the Pakistani Nation has always been a fragile one. Both lawyers from families steeped in the Gujarati trading community of Kathiawar, Jinnah and Gandhi found differences in their opinions about almost everything. The non-cooperationist refused to cede to the staunch diplomat, culminating in Jinnah leaving the Congress where he began his political career to rejuvenate the Muslim League and begin his demand for a separate Muslim country. Throughout their chaotic relationship the two men never saw eye to eye and their differences formed the differences between the two nations they ultimately fathered.

About Roderick Matthews

Roderick Matthews is an English writer and historian. He is also the writer of The Flaws in the Jewel: Challenging the Myths of British India.

A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History, he has also written for the Observer, the Literary Review and the Times of India. His interest in India was kindled when he discovered that one of his great-grandmothers took care of Mahatma Gandhi when he fell ill.