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It is fashionable among intellectuals to assert that dharma traditions lacked any semblance of unity before the british. A critique of rajiv malhotras being different nicholas f. This book has nothing to do with converting others. How to rebuild our world from scratch by lewis dartnell isbn. Dec 20, 2014 rajiv malhotra has explained them very well in this book with the help of simple tables and charts. Rajiv malhotra is back with another book bound to create a controversy the new book valiantly attempts to counter what the writer calls the western view of ancient indian texts. Apr 04, 2012 in february, 2012, rajiv malhotra was invited by pondicherry based sri center for advanced research sacar for a seminar on his book being different. It is a primer on how looking at hinduism through a western lens is inadequate and flawed. The book reverts the gaze of the western cultures on india, repositioning india from being the observed to the observer, by looking at the west from a dharmic.
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