Mapping the labyrinth

Abraham Jacob delves into the deep vaults of ancient Indian writings on Hinduism and its philosophical experiments, providing an easy-to-read primer on both the country and its civilisation

Understanding India

Author: Abraham Jacob  

Publisher:   The Write Order

Pages: 596

Price: Rs 799

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Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck wrote in The Grapes of Wrath, a book that has influenced generations, “How will we know it’s us without our past?”

His words were as true then as they are today; and as relevant for India today as they were for the American society that he was writing about at the time. The past is everything, and it is everywhere. It shapes the stories that human beings, countries and organisations spin around themselves, sticks to the sinewy coils of collective and individual