The book is about the birth of a new country whose roots go back deep in history. Pakistan is strategically important because of her location and proximity to a vast energy and resource rich region. It is also the sixth most populous nation and a nuclear power. The author has taken a holistic approach to history of the sub-continent by including different influences, belief systems and circumstances that have given shape to the evolution, ethos and attitudes of its people. It is not only politics and Islam but also different other religious and social factors that have contributed to the...