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The book has come up for a sharp criticism in the Friday Times while Pakistani High Commissioner to India Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is reported to be upset with the analysis on Jinnah, according to Zakaria.
"The general refrain from that country, which Jinnah created as a land of salvation for all Muslims' troubles, is that I should not have attributed the motives to him the way I did," Zakaria said in Bombay.
Zakaria, known for his scholarly knowledge on Islam and contemporary history, said he has been receiving several phone calls from Pakistani intellectuals and journalists for his comments.
"I have also been told that some Pakistanis would soon come with a befitting rejoinder to my book," he said.
Besides analysing various facets of Jinnah's political and personal life, the book also questions the rationale behind Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel accepting the partition theory.
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