Being Hindu : Old Faith, New World and You

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Hindol Sengupta

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Penguin Books

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Publisher

Penguin Books

Publication Year 2021
ISBN-13

9780143425328

ISBN-10 0143425323
Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages 256 Pages
Language (English)
1 billion followers 33 million gods and goddesses You One of the worlds oldest forms of faith, Hinduism has an unbroken trajectory of beliefs and rituals that have passed on for many millennia through the footsteps of pilgrims and the pedagogies of theologists; through myth, science and politics. But what does all that mean to the modern Hindu today? Why do Hindus call thems 1 billion followers 33 million gods and goddesses You One of the worlds oldest forms of faith, Hinduism has an unbroken trajectory of beliefs and rituals that have passed on for many millennia through the footsteps of pilgrims and the pedagogies of theologists; through myth, science and politics. But what does all that mean to the modern Hindu today? Why do Hindus call themselves so? Is it merely because their parents were Hindus? In what way does the faith speak to those who profess to follow it? What does Hinduism mean to the everyday-practicing or sometimes-accessing ordinary Hindu? Away from the raucous debate around religions, this is the journey of a common Hindu?an attempt to understand why, for so many Hindus, their faith is one of the most powerful arguments for plurality, for unity in diversity, and even more than the omnipresent power of God, the sublime courage and conviction of man. Being Hindu is the exploration of Hinduism in a way you have never seen before?almost through your own eyes.

Hindol Sengupta

Hindol Sengupta is an award-winning author of nine books. He was educated in South Asian history and international relations at Worcester College, Oxford, as a Chevening scholar, and in business and finance at Columbia University as a Knight-Bagehot fellow. The World Economic Forum named Sengupta as one of its Young Global Leaders.
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