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80 Questtiions to understtand India - India’s History, Mythology and Religion |
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- By Murad Ali Baig |
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In this work Murad provides an easy to read and provocative series of questions and answers allowing readers
to draw their own conclusions. Writing on religion can be volatile but fortunately he cannot be accused of
prejudice when his answers equally affect Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs and others.
Murad does not question the importance of faith but outlines how all religions have been captured by the
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vested interests of professional priests claiming to be God's sole selling agents leading to distortions, superstitions and religiosity that the founding sages would have abhorred.
He analyses the five creators of religion: the founding prophets, the apostles, priests, the rulers and the rich as patrons and finally the common people whose offerings and sacrifices make the places of worship so rich.
Murad outlines how people the world over have been influenced by geography, sources of food, technological and social change, trade and by political and religious forces. He provides interesting insights into how these have impacted upon the people of India.
“Eighty provocative questions and answers covering many interesting topics”
* Who were India’s original people? * Primitive religious practices * Harappans * Who were the Aryans? * Decline of the Vedic gods and evolution of Hindu deities. * Where did the Jat tribes come from? * Emergence of castes * India’s ancient languages and scripts * Meat and beef in ancient India * Evolution of Indian philosophies. * The importance of south India * The historic basis of the Ramayana and Mahabharat. * Influence of Buddhism and Jainism * How did the word Hindu evolve to become a religion? * The impact of Islam * Why have religions become so intolerant? * What enabled the British to succeed? * Has communalism ever been successful? … and many more thought provoking subjects. |
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| "Enlightening and entertaining-A book that
every Indian MUST read" |
- Mani Shankar Aiyar |
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"You must have wondered why religions as they
are practiced today are so completely different
from what their founders had hoped to make
them. One of the latest and most perceptive that
I have come across is Murad Ali Baig's
Reflections in a Sacred Pond".
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- Khushwant Singh |
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"The text could be interpreted as history by
some, hearsay by others and heresy by the
`faithful'. It does provide 80 topics for argument
and introspection."
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- The Week |
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