{"product_id":"3595-choosing-to-stay-memoirs-of-an-indian-muslim","title":"Choosing to stay - Memoirs of an Indian Muslim","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Nasim Ansari\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Ralph Russell\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: CP Free Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 196\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9608380302\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish version of Jawab-e-Dost (A Friend's Reply) which was written in response to a highly acclaimed book Awaz-e-Dost (A Friend's Voice).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasood and Ansari had studied together in the Aligarh Muslim University.  The former's book, published in Pakistan in 1972, is a treatise on the generation of educated Muslim young men who studied at Aligarh and were in favor of the partition of the subcontinent; many of them came to join the civil or military bureaucracy of the new nation and played a significant part in its affairs.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnsari's book, serialized in a Lucknow newspaper before coming out as a volume, deals with the diametrically opposite situation of those Muslims of a similar educational background who consciously chose to stay in India and participate in the affairs of the Indian society as equal citizens.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough his experiences as a student leader, a surgeon, a teacher and an active member of a very significant minority, Ansari traces the role that the Indian Muslims played and continue to play in the social and political life of India.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Nasim Ansari \/ CP Free Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785336238249,"sku":"3595","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/5038.jpg?v=1625520624","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/3595-choosing-to-stay-memoirs-of-an-indian-muslim","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}