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
Select Bibliography
Index