Am I Hindu? The Hinduism Primer
This primer, serving some of the vast sweep of Hindu belief and practice, takes the form of dialog between a Hindu father and his American-born son. The son wants to understand his family’s religious traditions and discover what is relevant for him today. The book is useful not only to American Hindus but to those who want a nontechnical introduction to Hinduism as lived today. The book also explains how Hinduism engages in dialog with Western science and culture. Recommended for large public libraries and undergraduate collections. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Amazing Secrets of Hinduism: Hindu Culture and Incredible India
After two international bestsellers, Am I a Hindu? and Amazing Secrets of the Bhagavad Gita, Ed Viswanathan’s third book is an equally thought-provoking and educational book on Hindu culture and the history of India. The whole idea behind this book is to educate people about India and Hinduism from a cultural and historical perspective, in simple language. The narrative is presented in the form of topics that focus on explaining key concepts such as Karma, Maya, Heaven and Hell; and questions such as ‘Who is a Hindu?’, ‘Why should I be a Hindu?’ and ‘What makes Hinduism great?’. This book is a must-read, especially for cynics, as the author invites readers to investigate and question everything in the book, since a true seeker will only search for truth.
Amazing Secrets of the Bhagavad Gita
What is the Bhagavad Gita? • Where does the Bhagavad Gita appear in the Hindu scriptures? • What makes the
BACKWARD AND DALIT MUSLIMS: Education, Employment and Poverty
Surinder Kumar, Fahimuddin, Prashant K. Trivedi and Srinivas Goli
Development process in a market economy leads to widening of interpersonal and interregional inequalities. Historically, in the Indian society, interaction of caste, class, gender and religious identities had a strong bearing on distribution of the fruits of development outcomes. To ensure equity-based access to the benefits of socio-economic development, Indian Constitution provides reservation to the deprived sections in educational institutions and public sector job market.
This book is based on a comprehensive primary survey-led major research project sponsored by the ICSSR. This is first of its kind study to determine the socio-economic and educational status of OBC/Dalit Muslims in comparison to other socio-religious groups in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Findings of the study are very illuminating as it seeks to settle many issues and controversies regarding the reservation policy in India, inform policy makers for formulating development programmes for the deprived sections of the society, and provoke researchers to undertake further research studies on the subject.
BEYOND HINDUTVA
“Beyond Hindutva” is addressed, in particular, to the Hindus and other big and small communities presently living in India, that
Decolonizing The Hindu Mind
The ideological dimension of the Hindu revivalism has been mostly misrepresented or rather neglected in the ongoing debates on the
Essential Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda remains an icon for all time, especially for the youth. He touched the lives of numerous personalities across
EXPLORING IDENTITY AND ALTERITY – PERSPECTIVES AND PROJECTS
With dialogue and fellowship in religious experience it is possible to cultivate an attitude of respecting all religons and make use of religions as agents promoting harmony of life locally, nationally and globally. This book makes an attempt to investigate critically and creatively the projected and imagined images of self and others and their implications to live together in harmony.
GANDHI: His Engagement with Islam and the Arab World
How Gandhi viewed Islam and his legacy in the Arab world The Arab world has witnessed, during the last decades
Getting to Know Hinduism: Religion, Traditions, Culture and Philosophy
Mark W. Muesse’s book shows how rich and diverse Hinduism’s 5,000-year-old story truly is. He traces the vast history and practices of the religion’s traditions, moving from the origins in the Indus Valley up through classic and contemporary periods, and demonstrates how the Hindu tradition is both monotheistic and polytheistic.
Hindu Dharma and the Culture Wars
‘Culture war’ is a term that originated with the nineteenth-century German nation-builder Otto von Bismarck, who initiated a struggle with
Hindu Mythology
Hindu Mythology is an authoritative and exhaustive account of the Hindu gods and goddesses commonly worshipped in India.Written in the nineteenth century,it documents the origins and characteristics of these gods,along with the myths and legends that gathered around them .It describes deities from the ancient Vedic era to those of the more modern Puranic age.The lesser deities,demons,sacred birds,animals and trees that are accorded divine significance in the scriptures are also dealt with in the book.Illustrations of the main deities following traditional iconography have also been included. This classic of mythology builds a complete picture of the Hindu pantheon,with so many gods and goddesses,even the most devout find it
HINDU NATIONALISTS OF MODERN INDIA: A Critical Study of the Intellectual Genealogy of Hindutva
This book is a critical study of six selected Hindu nationalists of modern India – Swami Dayananda Saraswati (1824-1883), Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966), Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (1906-1973) and Sita Ram Goel (1921-2003) – in order to trace the intellectual genealogy of Hindu cultural nationalism and fundamentalism. Behind each of these there is a dark and hidden history of religious fundamentalism, fanaticism, narrow-minded nationalism, anti-minoritism, anti-secularism and intolerance. But, unfortunately, this is not always known to the people. The present study is an attempt to highlight these less known facts, and also demonstrate that contemporary Hindu cultural nationalism and fundamentalism have their ideological roots in the past.
HINDUISM – A CONGLOMERATE
Hinduism is the coming together of thousands of thought processes which have taken millennia to form. In many ways it is like a huge conglomerate rock. In the conglomerate rock, the binding elements are the sticky silt and earthy chemicals; likewise, the conglomerate that is Hinduism is bound together by the elements of a common philosophy, heritage and culture.
Hinduism: A Conglomerate presents a panoramic and chronological view of this ancient religion, and tries to reinforce the binding element of our composite culture which is seemingly getting weaker and weaker every day. And, at its heart, this book reconnects the reader to the spiritual and cultural treasures of Hinduism.
HINDUISM AND THE DIASPORA
The book is about how Hinduism arrived in South Africa and has flourished in the last one-and-a-half centuries. It is a narrative of the indentured Indians who arrived in Natal in 1860 and propagated Hindu religion in Southern Africa for the first time. The book also details the unique practices that have emerged in South Africa and how Hinduism in the diaspora could be shaped by local social and political conditions as well as immigration patterns. The book reflects the diversity of Hindu practices and the survival of many village traditions that were brought to South Africa.
Hinduism in India: Modern and Contemporary Movements
Edited by Will Sweetman, Aditya Malik, Series Editor: Gerffrey A Oddie
A major contribution toward the ongoing debates on the nature and history of Hinduism in India Is Hinduism coherent, or should it be viewed as a conglomeration of many distinctive traditions? What were (or are) its most important and central teachings? When did the idea of “Hinduism” first arise and what have been the consequences? What were the effects of British rule on the religion and what are the effects of continuing modernization? This book responds to all such debates surrounding Hinduism in the colonial and contemporary periods. It emphasizes on Hinduism as it arose and developed in the subcontinent itself—an approach which facilitates greater attention to detail and an understanding of the specific context in which new movements and changes have taken place.
