A Hindu View of the World

Author: N S Rajaram
Publisher: Voice of India
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 250
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185990522

Description

A feature of the current Indian intellectual scene that strikes an outside observer is its excessive inhibition. There appears to be certain boundaries that most Indian intellectuals will not venture to cross, choosing rather to work within a self-imposed framework bounded by taboos.

A few such questions have been brought forward and discussed in this book.

Contents

Preface : The Role of Intellectual Kshatriyas

PART I
RELIGIONS AND IDEOLOGIES : HINDUISM, CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

CHAPTER I
A Scientist Looks at Hinduism

CHAPTER II
Faith and Freedom

CHAPTER III
Faith and Politics

CHAPTER IV
Science on Prophets and Revelations

PART II
HISTORICAL THEMES : CORRECTING DISTORTIONS

CHAPTER V
Indus Script and the Myth of the Aryan Invasion

CHAPTER VI
Vedic Dravidians

CHAPTER VII
The Meaning of Ayodhya

CHAPTER VIII
From Somnath to Haj

CHAPTER IX
Dead Sea Scrolls Shatter the Christian Myth

CHAPTER X
The Real Mother Teresa

PART III
THE NATIONAL SCENE : CONFLICTS AND VALUES

CHAPTER XI
A Country at Odds with Itself

CHAPTER XII
More Education, Less Politics

CHAPTER XIII
The Historic Role of Caste

PART IV
THE KSHATRIYA SPIRIT : RECOVERING CULTURAL NATIONALISM

CHAPTER XIV
Sri Aurobindo on the Kshatriya Spirit

CHAPTER XV
Needed : A New National Vision Emphasizing Heroic Virtues

CHAPTER XVI
Contrasting Visions: Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo

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