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Book review; India Wins Freedom

Book Name; India Wins Freedom The complete version Narrator; Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Pages; 283 Published by; Orient Blackswan Private Limited ISBN; 978 81 250 0514 8 Maulana Azad is a well known personality in the history of the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the longest serving Congress presidents. His work on literature and history is also remarkable. He was the first person to theorise that Cyrus the Great and the Quranic figure, Zulqarnayn were same. His literary works also contain poetry. Though his most well known quality was that he was a distinguished supporter of United India as a federal government. The book was first published in 1959, it’s a part of three volume text that would never materialize because of Mualana’s passing away. In those two unpublished volumes he wanted to go into more detail about the events he had brushed over in the current version. But, as the fate would have it, we the history enthusiasts were robbed of those gems that would never materialize. T...

Book Review: The Baloch Cultural Heritage

Book name: The Baloch Cultural Heritage Writer: Jan Muhammad Dashti Edition: Second (2019) ISBN No. 978-969-680-100-9 Price: 20 USD This masterfully crafted book can be termed a Magnus Opus of Mr Dashti. The style of the book is marvellous, research put into it make it an asset for any student of Baloch culture. The book is divided into four chapters, it contains information about the Baloch nation from ancient times to today. References provided by the author are extensive and that makes the book very important. The book starts off with Baloch migration from their original home, there are countless theories regarding these origins of the Baloch. Mr Dashti unlike many other writers tries to bring forward a scientific approach. His scientific approach may be disorientating to some readers as he looks at things from a very logical and analytical way rather than trying to base things on legends or myths. The origin of Baloch is analysed and a few theories are examined in the book, for Mr ...