Book flying off Pak shelves, Jaswant set to cross border

Manu Pubby Tags : Mohammed Ali Jinnah, BJP, Jaswant Singh, Islamabad Posted: Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 at 1209 hrs New Delhi:

Jaswant Singh is getting remarkable response to his book in Pakistan and has been for invited for signing sessions.

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With his book on Mohammed Ali Jinnah evoking equal interest on both sides of the border, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh is heading to Pakistan to promote his work. He will be travelling to Islamabad and Karachi where the book Jinnah — India, Partition, Independence has been flying off the shelf ever since his expulsion from the BJP.

While Singh is scheduled to visit a leading bookshop in Islamabad on Friday for an interactive talk followed by a book-signing session, the dates may get deferred as he is still awaiting security clearances from the Pakistan government.

“We have been getting a remarkable response on the book and have invited him here for a signing session. The function is scheduled for Friday but his security clearances are still awaited,” Mohammed Yousuf, owner of Mr Books in Islamabad — he is hosting Singh — told The Indian Express.

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After the session in Islamabad, Singh is scheduled to make a similar trip to Karachi where again his book has had a good response. “We have made a lot of arrangements for his stay, including internal security in our shop. Hopefully he will be able to come,” said Yousuf.

“I have spent 30 years in the business but this is the first time that we have got such a remarkable response. We got 165 copies of the book yesterday and all were sold out within three hours. We have now requested for more copies from the publisher,” he said.

Despite the relatively high price of the book — it is sold for Rs 1,500 in Islamabad — Yousuf said demand was increasing as mainstream newspapers and news channels in Pakistan were commenting on its contents.

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This book matters a lot to PakistanisBy: asif zaidi | 26-Aug-2009 Reply | Forward Many people are missing a simple fact. This book has not been written by an eminent historian or an academic.It is penned by a man of high repute, ask any Pakistani.There are so many books written about positive role of Jinnah but those are accounts of historians not a ex foreign minister of India. Thats why this book matters.

Age is a big enemy !By: chanakya | 26-Aug-2009 Reply | Forward A person who believed every moment that pakistan is the main culprit and fought his young days with enemy soldiers, now suddenly awakens to new turn of life. Whether it is Jinnah or Nehru it doesn't matter now. Because things have been done in irreversible way and so there is no hope that on any day it will become undivided India. Then why waste time on witch hunting ?Here lies the hidden agenda. Mostly because of age this gentleman must have thought by writting such thesis, he can discredit congress and win over minority votes to some extent, which is quite unlikely. Secondly because of the publicity it gets he must have also thought of creating flutters on the other side of the border which is also not likely.In the absence of any of these two goals he gets much needed publicity and money for his retirement life. Let him go to pakistan to squeeze the money which some of their artists have taken from here. Honestly neither Indians nor pakistanis will agree with Jaswant.

JaswantBy: Raj | 26-Aug-2009 Reply | Forward Chandra,Say nothing if you have nothing worthwhile to say

Jashwant Singh The TraitorBy: Chandra Sekhar, San Jose | 26-Aug-2009 Reply | Forward Jashwant Singh has proved that traitorism is in his blood except that those blood cells started acting at later part of his life for which I thank God. Had he been traitor while he was external Minister Wow!!! He would have given J

Jinnah in briefBy: Arun | 26-Aug-2009 Reply | Forward Jinnah was the eldest of seven children born to Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja. His father, Jinnahbhai (1857–1901), was a prosperous Gujarati merchant who had moved to Sindh from Kathiawar, Gujarat before Jinnah's birth. His grandfather was Poonja Gokuldas Meghji,a Hindu Bhatia Rajput from Paneli village in Gondal state in Kathiawar. This is what I learnt about Jinnah and his ancestory. Jinnah's ancestors were Hindu Rajput that converted to Islam. Jinnah's family belonged to the Ismaili Khoja branch of Shi'a Islam, though Jinnah may have converted to Twelver Shi'a Islam. This is disputed; the Karachi High Court ruled in 1984 that "the Quaid (Jinnah) was definitely not a Shia", partially reversing a 1976 decision. The same goes for another convert Iqbal who was originally a Sapru and whose song we Indian sing as Saare Jahan Se Achha as our National Song. So in short it was never a Musalman that divided my Country but it was an estranged Hindu that did the work. So why blame any one.

Now,what's the connection here?By: Sue Mannings | 27-Aug-2009 Reply | Forward We still can blame this man Jinnah notwithstanding his history and background. This kind of background does not justify all he did, does it now?

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