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About the Book
For most of the seventy-one years of his life, Asghar
Ali Engineer has been a tireless soldier to the cause of
national integration and communal harmony. Well-known
today as a reformist, an activist and Islamic scholar,
Asghar Ali Engineer received the Right Livelihood, or
the ‘Alternative Nobel’, award in 2004 ‘. . . for
promoting over many years in South Asia the values of
religious and communal co-existence, tolerance and
mutual understanding’. [Rightlivelihood.org]
 Written
with the simplicity that perhaps describes the man
himself, is an extensive autobiographical account of
Asghar Ali Engineer’s commitment to building an
inclusive society and his inter-pretation of Islam as a
modernist. It chronicles the personal, social and
political events that shaped his life and views, his
struggle against the orthodox Bohra priesthood and his
rise as a leader of social and religious reform. It also
documents his interactions with religious and political
leaders of various hues across the world in the attempt
to create a society that embraces all faiths.
Through the reminiscences of a life that has been lived
for truth, depicts a journey—from violence to peace,
from prejudice to acceptance, from politics of power and
religion to the power of humanity—one that continues
unheeded, against all odds.
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‘………a hard-hitting account of his exemplary life, marked
by pursuit of equality and human rights….(Asghar Ali
Engineer) has written what could stand as the very
summary of his character as well as a moral lesson for
others: “How can one give up?”
Paul R. Brass
University of Washington, Seattle
‘Asghar Ali is a gutsy man, a reformer par excellence.
His autobiography is well worth reading. It chronicles
the life of a brave and courageous man. It is insightful
for its analysis of our contemporary dilemmas.’
- Mushirul Hasan, Director-General, National Archives
of India
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Contents |
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Foreword
by Mushirul Hasan
PART I My Life, My Struggle
1. My Growing-up Years
2. Understanding the Divide: Within and Outside
3. Towards the Truth: My Struggle Begins...
4. The Bohra Reform Movement
5. The Communal Challenge continues: Amidst
Politics, Power and the People
PART II Beyond Boundaries: My Travels Abroad
6. The United Kingdom
7. The Indian Sub-Continent
8. Africa
9. Asia
10. The Americas
11. Middle-East and Central Asia
12. Europe
13. Australia
PART III The Journey So Far...
Looking Back, Looking Ahead |
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Price |
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INR.525.00 |
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ISBN |
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978-81-250-4197-9 |
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Pages |
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360 |
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Binding |
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Hardback |
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Book Size |
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140 x 216 mm |
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Year |
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2011 |
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