Barely Four decades ago, America was at war with itself- a nation torn asunder by its inability to reconcile itself with its intrinsic self, fighting to find its own true identity, struggling to establish peace at global level but unable to do so in its own backyard. The kaleidoscope of colours that distinguished the various sections of the American people themselves whose mutual antipathy was the root cause of the centuries of internal conflicts, dissentions, contradictions and bloodshed, earned for itself the epithet of ‘the nation of the murderers’- people who murdered their own President, shot its own Nobel Laureate, Killed its Budding presidential candidate, and a host of Black Nationalists. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned to India as a messiah to set the sun of the mighty British Empire. And ‘Black America’ found its own brand of Gandhi: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This book is the geo-politico-historical reviews of their struggle against colour-discrimination, under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., following the foot steps of Indian Gandhis Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan the ‘Frontier Gandhi’.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M.N. Gulati
Born in February 1931 in Pakistani Punjab, he had his early education in Rawalpindi. After passing his Matriculation from Punjab University Lahore, had a short stint in Government College, Bangalore. The end of first Indo-Pak War saw him in Indian Military Academy, Dehradun from where he was commissioned in Bengal Sappers of Corps off Engineers. Colonel Gulati is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of Institution of of Engineering. He saw active service against the Chinese in NEFA in 1962, which brought him in contact with Bhutan and its people. His interaction with Bhutan continued thereafter. The copious notes and numerous pictures he took during his travels through the enchantingly beautiful country with pristine environment proved an irresistible temptation to compile the entire material, supplemented by careful research, and the result is this Book. Colonel Gulati has also published a number of articles on varied civil and military subjects of topical interest including some essays in social anthropology based on his personal field studies amongst tribals of NEFA on the borders of Bhutan. His recent books- Tibetan wars Through Sikkim, Bhutan & Nepal; Military Plight of Pakistan and Pakistan’s Downfall in Kashmir have been widely appreciated.
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