Being Different : An Indian Challenge To Western Universalism

• Publisher ‏ : ‎  ‎ HarperCollins 
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Pages ‏ : ‎ 488 
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 524 g
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

About the book:

India is more than a nation state. It is also a unique civilization with philosophies and cosmology that are markedly different from thedominant culture of our times – the West. Indian spiritual traditionspring from dharma which has no exact equivalent in Western frameworks.Unfortunately, in the rush to celebrate the growing popularity of Indiaon the world stage, its civilizational matrix is being co-opted intoWestern universalism, thereby diluting its distinctiveness andpotential.

About the Author:

After studying physics and computer science, Rajiv Malhotra worked as a senior executive in the software and telecom industries before becoming a management consultant and then launching his own ventures in twenty countries. He took early retirement in the mid-1990s at the age of forty-four and established Infinity Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Princeton, New Jersey.