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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. This book highlights the importance of feeling in everyday life, drawing attention to the work of Max Scheler, Gabriel Marcel, Simone Weil, Simone de Beauvoir and Hierocles. The author finds in their work a profound truth and moreover, a pointer to the task still awaiting us.…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Roots and identity crisis are a part of any scattered, uprooted and devastated community, be they Sindhis, Syrians or Kurds or other migrant refugees. These two facts tucked right inside my genes, surfaced in Chicago when a cousin asked me, who is a Sindhi? the question had many angles, puzzling. My journey to write the book began at that time. Brought up in an open secular family which practised body the Advaitva and Sufism, the rich Sindhi cultural heritage was my legacy and my privilege to share it with all. I am often asked are Sindhis Muslims? Or Sikhs? Sindhis came as refugees and are so prosperous, how? The book The Blended Roots addresses these questions and much more. It discusses the fallout of the Partition, a wrong decision which the peace-loving Sindhis sacrificed unconditionally. In the process, it lost the massive Sufi literature, a single rock-bottom of the society. The Partition also cut the ethnicity of the language, and the much embellished poetry and prose disappeared along with the homeland. In nutshell the book chronicles a community's sojourn through ages; its highs and lows, its triumphs and trials through the Partition, and ends with a window of hope of Tirth-dham in Kutch. There is a new awakening, a survival instinct, to fight the assimilation process visible in Gujarat.…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. 2. Rabindranath Tagore. 3. Mahatma Gandhi. 4. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. 5. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Epilogue. Bibliography. Appendices. Index. In this book the author considers the various ways in which some modern Indian thinkers have reacted to the issue of what we should tolerate and what we should not tolerate. Some viewpoints seem to bypass the view. Historical circumstances, philosophical frameworks, and sometimes religious affiliations, have featured in the discussions. There is no doubt that the subject has crucial importance in the world today. Researchers in Philosophy, Gandhian studies and Dalit studies will find the book interesting and helpful. The general reader will also find the book insightful.…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. In this book the author mulls over many kinds of theme: contemporary concerns over trading in armaments, interference and intervention; discussion of authors such as Francis Fukuyama, J.M. Coetzee and Graham Greene; the latest views about the human species, and the work of Simon Schama on landscape and memory. As always, she is deeply interested in history and the ethical import of whatever she explores.…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Reflections: Contemporary Challenges, Personalities and Conundrums contains discussions on urgent contemporary issues such as elections, jobless growth, pollution and censorship. It then provides short biographies of remarkable people. Finally we have treatments of topics arising from the author's wide interests in literature, music and education. The reader will find much to ponder over.…