For one this is my first book that I got signed directly by the author About the actual book it s interesting how it never claims to be anything than a subjective opinion It doesn t try to provide an unbiased perspective on any of the topics discussed in the book not even on Swami Vivekakanda himself Instead these are the musings of someone that tried to approach Swami Vivekananda as a friend and through their worldview It says so right in the beginning I can t say I agree with all of the statements about the Swami in the book but I can very well appreciate the effort behind it 9789354477263

VIVEKANANDA AND OUR TIMES THE JOURNEY FROM FEAR TO LOVE By Rajni Bakshi

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DescriptionIn 1893 Swami Vivekananda travelled to Chicago to attend the Parliament ofWorld Religions There amidst representatives of the various religions of theworld Vivekananda who grew up in an affluent Bengali household in Calcuttastudied to be a lawyer only to give it up to become a wandering monk spokeof Universal Religion a religion which will have no place for persecutionor intolerance in its polity which will recognize the divinity in every man andwoman and whose whole scope whose whole force will be created in aidinghumanity to realize its own true divine nature Although a devout Hindu he hadalways been someone who felt a deep sense of belonging to the plural heritage ofthe Indian sub continent Through his learnings and travels he sought to galvanizesociety on the basis of love. Comprising three insightful essays Vivekananda and Our Times situates theSwami in today s world Rajni Bakshi s endeavour which began a centuryafter the Chicago address when the country was reeling from the shockof the Ramjanmabhoomi campaign and the consequent demolition of theBabri Masjid attempts to seek a space for reflection and shows us throughVivekananda s ideologies the need to reconcile with the other in a shared questfor freedom from fear VIVEKANANDA AND OUR TIMES THE JOURNEY FROM FEAR TO LOVE.