Malevolent Republic
A Short History of the New India (New Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9781911723288,
ISBN: HB: 9781787380059,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2024
224 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
224 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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After decades of imperfect secularism, New Delhi radiates the ideological convictions of its new master, Narendra Modi, as he seeks irreversibly to transform India. The "invisible threads" holding together Nehru's diverse count...
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Surrendering to the Self
Ramana Maharshi's Message for the Present
ISBN: PB: 9781787385382,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2022
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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A close examination of how Ramana Maharshi conceived of religion in general and how he situated it within the framework of Hindu Self- knowledge.
The Indian sage Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is perhaps the most widely known Ind...
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Why I Am a Hindu
ISBN: PB: 9781787384903,
ISBN: HB: 9781849049894,
Hurst Publishers,
July 2021
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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Hinduism is one of the world's oldest and greatest religious traditions. In captivating prose, Shashi Tharoor untangles its origins, its key philosophical concepts and texts. He explores everyday Hindu beliefs and practices, fr...
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Majoritarian State
How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India
ISBN: HB: 9781787381476,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2019
472 pp., 21,6x13,4 cm
472 pp., 21,6x13,4 cm
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"Majoritarian State" traces the ascendance of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP administration has established an ethno-religious and populist style of rule since 2014. Its ag...
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Keshab
Bengal's Forgotten Prophet
ISBN: HB: 9781849049016,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2018
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-1884) was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in nineteenth-century Bengal. A religious leader and social reformer, his universalist interpretation of Hinduism found mass appeal in India,...
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Against Dharma
Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics
ISBN: HB: 9780300216196,
Yale University Press,
March 2018
248 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
248 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
Ancient Hindu texts speak of the three aims of human life: dharma,artha, and kama. Translated, these might be called religion, politics, and pleasure, and each is held to be an essential requirement of a full life. Balance among the three is a goal n...
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Little History of Religion
ISBN: PB: 9780300228816,
Yale University Press,
August 2017
256 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
256 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Ri...
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Restatement of Religion
Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism
ISBN: HB: 9780300197402,
Yale University Press,
September 2013
328 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
328 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
In this third installment of his comprehensive history of "India's religion" and reappraisal of Hindu identity, Professor Jyotirmaya Sharma offers an engaging portrait of Swami Vivekananda and his relationship with his guru, the legendary Ramakrishna...
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