Being Hindu: Understanding a Peaceful Path in a Violent World

Sengupta, Hindol

ISBN 10: 1442267453 / ISBN 13: 9781442267459

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Being Hindu: Understanding a Peaceful Path in a Violent World
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442267453
• ISBN 13: 9781442267459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Winner of the 2018 Wilbur Award

There are more than one billion Hindus in the world, but for those who don’t practice the faith, very little seems to be understood about it. Followers have not only built and sustained the world’s largest democracy but have also sustained one of the greatest philosophical streams in the world for more than three thousand years.

So, what makes a Hindu? Why is so little heard from the real practitioners of the everyday faith? Why does information never go beyond clichés? Being Hindu is a practitioner’s guide that takes the reader on a journey to very simply understand what the Hindu message is, where it stands in the clash of civilizations between Islam and Christianity, and why the Hindu way could yet be the path for plurality and progress in the twenty-first century.

About the Author

Hindol Sengupta is the Editor-at-Large at Fortune India, the Indian edition of Fortune magazine and the founder of India’s only open-government nonprofit, the Whypoll Trust. He has worked as a political interviewer on Bloomberg TV and as an anchor and reporter with the Indian editions of CNBC and CNN. He is the author of The Liberals, which won praise from globally renowned economists and public policy experts. The online ideas platform IdeaMensch included him on its list of 33 global social entrepreneurs who make the world a better place.