{"product_id":"why-they-killed-gandhi-unmasking-ashok-kumar-pandey-9789354470172","title":"Why They Killed Gandhi Unmasking the Ideology and the Conspiracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree bullets were shot into the chest of Mahatma Gandhi by a certain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathuram Godse on the evening of 30 January 1948. His true motivations, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehowever, are today actively obscured, and his admirers sit in the Indian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparliament as members of the ruling establishment. This book is a timely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeffort to remind us that Gandhi's killing was not a random act of a mindless\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekiller. It was the culmination of a cold-blooded conspiracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe men who stood trial for the murder of Gandhi claimed that they were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacting for a stronger, more united, India. Their 78-year-old peace-loving target, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey felt, was the single biggest impediment to achieving that goal. They accused\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim of dishonesty and treachery; he was blamed for the Partition of India, for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'appeasing' Muslims; and condemned for 'fail[ing] in his duty' to the people of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis nation. To them, Gandhi had to die because 'there was no legal machinery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby which such an offender could be brought to book'. Do any of the accusations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave any claim to truth whatsoever? If not, what, then, was the actual intention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat these arguments made by Godse were attempting to hide? And was V.D.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSavarkar, among others, involved in the conspiracy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshok Kumar Pandey's Why They Killed Gandhi, translated from the celebrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHindi original, lays bare the facts of the murder, and offers a passionate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefence of the Mahatma and his politics, while simultaneously delivering a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrenchant polemic against the ideology of bigotry and perpetual violence that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekilled him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashok Kumar Pandey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354470173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354470172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ashok Kumar Pandey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990765535487,"sku":"9789354470172","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59722bb0-171b-40b8-b48a-a4826d5ebeda.jpg?v=1683306553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-they-killed-gandhi-unmasking-ashok-kumar-pandey-9789354470172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}