Author: Vishal Mangalwadi
Publisher: GLS Publishing
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 199
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8178200635
Description
This sensational book will be debated in slums as much as in palaces. What makes this writing different from those of V S Naipaul and Nirad Chaudhuri is that it retains faith, love and hope for India to change for the better.
Indian civilization is in tectonic transition. Caste cannot co-exist with democracy. Modern constitutional democracies are built on the biblical principles of justice and equality. Caste, Karma and reincarnation have entrenched today's Hindu hierarchy. Democracy is driving Dalits and other caste Hindus to rise up again 3,000 years of Hindu 'apartheid'. These cultural revolutionaries seek a religious philosophy to buttress democracy to promote liberty and dignity, human rights and servant leadership. The author shows the way.
These moving stories are a must-read for everyone who cares for India.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
I cannot think of any other person who is better equipped to write on liberty and dignity for our people in India. Vishal Mangalwadi's depth of knowledge of Hindu society comes not only from his intellectual training in Hindu philosophy but also from his living working and suffering with the lower castes and outcastes.
_ Dr Rochunga Pudaite
Mangalwadi has a blunt tongue, a solid intellect and a storyteller's warm heart.
_ Prof. Prabhu Guptara
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Shri Ram Raj, I.R.S.
CHAPTER ONE
What Enrages Dr. Maurya ?
CHAPTER TWO
Manju's Honour
CHAPTER THREE
A Temple in the River
CHAPTER FOUR
The Leper
CHAPTER FIVE
Where Should Satish Go?
CHAPTER SIX
Conversion as Revolution
CHAPTER SEVEN
Two Enlightenments and One Light
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Light and the Birth of Modern India
CHAPTER NINE
Has India Died?
Afterword : The Shadow of the Untouchable by Dr. Rochunga Pudaite
Notes