Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Book Review: Books on Hinduism

Hinduism, doctrine and way of life: Hinduism is considered more of a way of life than a religion. In this book, the Gandhian and freedom fighter C. Rajgopalachari explains the basic concepts and philosophies associated with Hinduism, diverse that they are. It is rather a thin book of 101 pages, and a wonderful read.

The Puranas are ancient texts telling great morals and teachings in the format of stories. Each story has a moral and some great wisdom to impart to the readers. This book of about 130 pages is Hindi translation of some stories from the Puranas, and are written in very simple language.
Banshi ki Dhun (sound of a flute) is part of the 7-volume series, written by great Gujarati/Hindi writer and thinker Dr. K.M. Munshi. This one tells the story from the time of birth of Krishna to the Kansa-vadh. This book is written in such a wonderful touching language that the reader is taken through many cycles of emotions all through the epic story from Krishna’s time… This is categorized as fiction as such, but written after studying many ancient texts.
Our Culture By C Rajagopalachari; Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: It’s a very interesting book on an equally interesting and puzzling topic of ‘Our Culture’. C. Rajgopalachari is one of the enlightened Indians who has presented ancient Indian/Hindu wisdom in the simplest yet very scientific language for the future generations to come.

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