The Dance of Shiva: Fourteen Essays

Though these essays were written a few decades ago, they still speak to our present day and reveal how bleak the future sounds if we ignore or overlook the epic solidity of puranas and ignore the steps to self-actualization pramanas provided by our ancient knowledge in many Itihasas. Increasingly today we can see modern corporate gurus claiming to know everything without ever mentioning the sources from which they imbibed the principles for their economic generation.

This book is a compendium of foundational aspects of Inidan philosophy with clear distinctions between his own thoughts and the sources he refers to in his citations. In hindsight, he debates and grasps how completely Indian life has been disrupted and reflects on how the strain of English education only takes a single generation to undermine tradition and produce an intellectual pariah who is neither east nor west. The greatest danger for India is losing her spiritual integrity. In fact, education remains the most challenging issue for India. Today, it revolves around economic issues.