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Shashi Tharoor delves
into the fundamentals
and complexities of one
of the world’s oldest re-
ligions—Hinduism.
Drawing upon his own
bestseller, Why I Am a
Hindu, Tharoor pro-
vides an exhaustive
analysis of the faith,
starting first with an
introspection of his
own beliefs. He also
invokes the great souls
of Hinduism in this
wide-ranging discus-
sion—Adi Shankara,
Patanjali, Ramanuja,
Swami Vivekananda,
Ramakrishna Parama-
hamsa and many oth-
ers who contributed
to its tenets and havethereby defined the
essence of the religion.
Also touching upon
important schools of
thought and various
other seminal concepts,
the book promises to
be an accessible and
immensely appealing
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