Despite the fact that six decades have passed and much is said and written, partition of India and the creation of Pakistan is still a subject fraught with complications. Historians and intellectuals are never exhausted discussing it, shedding more light on this remarkable event of 20th century that changed the lives of billions in subcontinent forever. Every new statement made, every new word written intensifies rather fuel the need to further discuss and analyze the major characters of this extraordinary incident of history and so is done and is being done by the scholars not only in South Asia but around the world. This brings us to the recent controversial book, “Jinnah – India, Partition, Independence”.

Both the books Satanic verses and Jinnah : India -Partition-Independence are controversial but they have created a different impact on their authors.