Books

A bouquet of poems in social ethics. This is a collection of five shatakams, or centuries of verses in Sanskrit with Kannada translation. The shatakams are respectively on environmental ethics, Gandhi's philosophy, Hinduism in a liberal Gandhian perspective, humanitarianism, and democracy.

The collection opens with a prayer to Sharada to grant good wisdom, and ends with a prayer to Mahalakshmi (Goddess of wealth), to end inequality, poverty, hunger, and homelessness from the Earth, and promote happiness for all.

This is a Kannada version of the The Bhagavadgita for the Modern Reader - History, Interpretations, and Philosophy, published earlier in Englsih. It traces the 'career' of the Gita, changing from a religious text to becoming a guide to life on a global scale. The book reviews the interpretations of over thirty philosophers, and also clears misunderstandings about the Gita, showing it to be a progressive, egalitarian and liberal philosophy. 

Sri Sharadadasakam is a prayer to Sharada to grant the power to discriminate between truth and falsehood and to engage in good deeds.

Sanatana Dharma Shatakam is a composition in simple Sanskrit conveying the liberal philosophy of Hinduism in a Gandhian perspective.

This book offers a new concept of inclusion of the marginalised in India — the Broad-basing Process. The author examines how through this process increasing numbers of marginalised social groups can enter into the social, political and economic mainstream and progressively derive the same advantages from society as the groups already part of it.The book critically reviews how the broad-basing process has worked in the past in India both before and after its independence.

This book is a set of 108 verses conceived and presented in Sanskrit covering all the important aspects of Mahatma Gandhi's life, work and philosophy. It endeavours to enrich the Sanskrit language by introducing contemporary thinking for the benefit of youngsters as well as general readers.

The Bhagavad Gita for the Modern Reader: History, Interpretations and Philosophy

This book answers these foundational questions and goes beyond. It critically examines the Bhagavad-Gita in terms of its liberal, humanist and inclusive appeal, bringing out its significance for the present times and novel applications.

Hinduism is much misunderstood, not only by non-Hindus, but also by Hindus themselves. It has been tried to be defined in terms of purity and pollution, caste hierarchy, Brahminism, idolatry, ritualism, cow-worship, other-worldliness and amorality! That is, anything which Hinduism is not. Some have even doubts if it is a religion at all!