The Legend of Raja Suheldev by Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev – The King Who Saved India by Amish. The tale of a magnificent 11th-century king, who united different Indians against the onslaught of invaders.
June 28, 2020 Shivakumar GV
Reviews
Gandhi’s Hinduism vs Jinnah’s Islam
Gandhi, a devout Hindu, believed faith could nurture the civilizational harmony of India, a land where every religion had flourished. Jinnah, a political Muslim rather than a practicing believer, was determined to carve up a syncretic subcontinent in the name of Islam.
June 21, 2020 Babita Garg
Nay Science and Uncovering of German Indology
Nay Science offers a new perspective on the problem of the scientific method in the human sciences. Taking German Indological scholarship on the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita as their example, Adluri and Bagchee develop a critique of the modern valorization of method over truth in the humanities.
June 14, 2020 Babita Garg
Review: Indian Painting (2013) by C. Sivaramamurti
To capture the spirit, history, style, and masterpieces of any of the various Indian arts, in a mere span of one hundred pages is a challenging, perhaps even intimidating task, but padma bhushana C. Sivaramamurti beautifully accomplishes exactly this in his book Indian Painting.
May 31, 2020 Rohit Shankar Mahajan
Review: The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
The title of Douglas Murray’s book is eerily reminiscent of the unfolding pandemic which has hit Western Europe particularly hard. However, Murray’s book is about an affliction of a different…
May 10, 2020 Rohit Shankar Mahajan
Review: Hinduism and Nature by Nanditha Krishna
Amidst globalization when we find monolithic religions dominating the world stage, for those looking from outside, Hinduism certainly comes as something strange. The concept of ‘samata’, which means equality, and…
April 26, 2020 Anand Kumar
Review: City of Victory – The Rise and Fall of Vijayanagara
The City of Victory is a tale of Vijayanagara, an empire that dazzled with its riches and conquests and became one of the biggest empires of southern India in history.…
April 19, 2020 Dr. Vineet Aggarwal
Ushas, the Divine Dawn by Yogi Baba Prem
This review was first published on Indiafacts and has been reproduced here. Ushas, the Divine Dawn: Awakening the human spirit and potential by Yogi Baba Prem can be purchased here.…
April 12, 2020 Dr. Shrinivas Tilak
Book Review: Hindutva For The Changing Times
The tattva (essence) that defines Sanatana Dharma is Hindutva. But this word has been maligned so much that it is now almost unrecognizable. From being equated to violence to saying…
March 15, 2020 Rati Hegde
‘Avasana’: The New Beginning
Suresh Narasimha reviews ‘Avasana’ by Sahana Vijaykumar.
February 16, 2020 Suresh Narasimha