THE ETERNAL RELIGION: Glimpses of Hinduism
Author: Karan Singh
Publisher: Speaking Tiger
Pages: 277
Price: Rs 599
Across the world, whether it is Islam, Christianity or the subject of this book, Hinduism, religion is caught between a rock and a hard place. On one side are a set of hardliners who consider all faiths other than the one they profess to be imposters in the kingdom of god. On the other extreme are those who consider religion an irrational force and a scourge on modernity.
Neither side is willing to find common ground, creating impenetrable cubby holes of alienation in a polarised world. Worse, the sharp divisions