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Why I Am a Hindu

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In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about some of the world’s oldest and greatest religions. Starting with a close

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In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about some of the world’s oldest and greatest religions. Starting with a close examination of his own belief in Hinduism, he ranges in all places in his study of the faith. He talks about the Great Souls of Hinduism, Adi Shankara, Patanjali, Ramanuja, Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and plenty of others who made major contributions to the essence of Hinduism. He delves deep into Hinduism’s most important schools of thought (such as the Advaita Vedanta). He explains, in easily accessible language, important aspects and concepts of Hindu philosophy like the Purusharthas and Bhakti, masterfully summarizes the lessons of the Gita and Vivekananda’s ecumenism and explores with sympathy the ‘Hinduism of habit’ practised by odd believers. He looks at the myriad manifestations of political Hinduism in the up to date era, including violence committed in the name of the faith by right-wing organizations and their adherents. He analyses Hindutva, explains its rise and dwells at length on the philosophy of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, its most significant ideologue. He’s unsparing in his criticism of extremist ‘bhakts’ and unequivocal in his belief that the whole lot that makes India a great and distinctive culture and country will be imperilled if religious ‘fundamentalists’ are allowed to take the upper hand. Then again, he also makes the point that it is precisely because Hindus form the majority that India has survived as a plural, secular democracy.
A book so that you can be read and debated now and one day, Why I Am a Hindu is a revelatory and original masterwork.

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