Few days ago during holidays, I have completed reading a very nice book named My Country My Life, an auto-biography of Mr. Lal Krishna Advani. It is not just auto-biography but the complete political history of India after independence. To read this book, it is not necessary that you are a follower of Mr. Advani or in unison with the agenda of BJP. Today, there are very few leaders who are active in politics in all those years after independence at national level. He is one of them. After reading this book, some of my own misconceptions have been addressed, some of my opinions, changed.
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In Ayodhya Andolan chapter and his controversial speech in Pakistan about Jeenah as a secular legend, I think he tried to defend himself. In Pakistan, they differentiate between the people who migrated from India to Pakistan and native Pakistanis. but I feel proud when I see that India is the only place which dissolves all the streams in one single "Hindi" flow. Advani, Ram Jethmalani, Deelip Kumar, Yash Chopra, Gulzar, these all famous personalities migrated in in India after partition.
It is a very nice book to know the history of BJP, Congress, Communists. Also it tells great information about the partition, the emergency period, riots in Delhi after the assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, riots in Godhra, Bofors scandal, his rath-yatras, role of RSS(Rashrtiya Swayamsevak Sangh) in politics, Kargil war and lots more. The book has also discussed about the national problems like terrorist attacks, Naxalites and Maoist, Kashmir issue. It is a must read for those who want to discover India.
The Google book is also available. Here is the link: CLICK HERE
Keep reading, keep sharing your thoughts.
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