Author: Swami Agnivesh
Publisher: Hope India
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 163
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8178710471
Description
It is a powerful critique of Hinduism in the present times by Swami Agnivesh.
The vested interest, powerful and well organized, has, says the author, corrupted and crippled the oldest and the greatest of the world faiths to subserve their purpose. And, mercifully, he also gives us as to how to reform and restore the great belief system to its real self and how to create a world, with its help, full of love, compassion and justice!
An ascetic, thinker and social activist, SWAMI AGNIVESH heads the Bonded Labour Front, Delhi, India, and UN’s Contemporary Forms of Slavery outfit, Geneva.
Contents
PREFACE
THE FIERY SWAMI: INTRODUCTION
BY ARTHUR BONNER
Whither Hinduism? A Blueprint of Reform to check the Rot
Hinduism in Mulit-religious Society: A New Approach
Hinduism and Secularism: Where do they stand and why?
Religion and Politics: Don’t make a cocktail of Irreligion
Religious Conscience and the Global Economy: A case for Socio-cultural Activism
Do Hindus need Minority Status?
Religious conversions: Are these a question of faith or a Religious Ploy?
Hijacking a Religion: The ugly face of Hindutva
Hindutva’s Moment of Reckoning
The RSS and the Minorities
VHP’s Trishul: Religious Symbol or Communal Cymbal?
Dalits and Sangh Parivar: A Case for New Understanding of Dalit Problems
Where is the Achhutodhar Andolan: Arya Samaj and Dalits?
Burning women (Sati) is not a Hindu Practice: Reply to a Shankaracharya
CONCLUSION