The Great Hindu Civilisation: Achievement, Neglect, Bias and The Way Forward

A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF THE HINDU CIVILISATION AND\
ITS CURRENT CRISIS\
What do we mean by the Hindu civilisation? What are the texts and legacies that moved it\
forward from one century to another? How much of it has to do with inherited religious beliefs\
and how has the politicisation of these beliefs changed the prism through which Hindus view\
themselves and others, especially those identifying with different belief systems?\
These are the questions the author set out to answer with this potted history of the Hindu\
world, in the context of changing empires and leaderships, through colonisation and conquest,\
leading up to the present challenges presented by the proponents of Hindutva. Direct, hardhitting and wise, this is an invaluable treatise for our times