In 'Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan', published by Harper Collins India, Akbar embarks on a historical whodunit to trace the journey of an idea, and the events, people, circumstances and mind set that divided India.
The investigation spans a thousand years, and an extraordinary cast: visionaries, opportunists, statesmen, tyrants, plunderers, generals, and an unusual collection of theologians, beginning with Shah Waliullah who created a 'theory of distance' to protect 'Islamic identity' from Hindus and Hinduism.
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