Part of [Gandhi’s] genius was he was able to broaden out the appeal of the independence movement…But the way he did it was by using Hindu iconography and stories, mythology…He was personally very unprejudiced about this..But for Muslims, ordinary Muslims, who would see this and listen to these speeches and so forth, he seemed like a Hindu figure more than a national figure.
NPR interviews Nisid Hajari about his new book, Midnight’s Furies, and the conflict in India that led to the creation of Pakistan as a separate state.
