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Rajiv malhotra is a researcher, writer, speaker and public intellectual on current affairs as. An indian challenge to western universalism rajib malhotra in being different. The word hindu has been subject of a lot of debates and controversies and in this article, i use hindushinduism to mean dharma which includes buddhism, sikhism, jainism and all indigenous cultures of india. An indian challenge to western universalism by rajiv malhotra, now featured at the patheos book club.
This book has nothing to do with converting others. An indian challenge to western universalism, thinker and philosopher rajiv malhotra addresses the challenge of a direct and honest engagement on differences, by reversing the gaze, repositioning india from being the observed to the observer and looking at the west from the dharmic point of view. Mark tully discusses rajiv malhotras book being different. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Export a ris file for endnote, procite, reference manager, zotero, mendeley. Have you read the book rajiv malhotras book being different.
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