The Hindu Way

The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism, the new book by bestselling author Shashi Tharoor, whoseast three books have sold over a quarter of a million copies in hardback, is the perfect introduction to one of the world''s oldest,argest and most complex religions. Although there are hundreds of books on Hinduism, there are only a few which provide aucid, accessible, yet deeplyayered account of the religion''s numerous belief systems, schools of thought, sects, tenets, scriptures, deities, rituals, customs, festivals and philosophies. This book is one of them. In the tradition of classics of the genreike K. M. Sen''s Hinduism and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan''s The Hindu View ofife, this book captures the essence of Hinduism with brevity, insight and an enviable grasp of the myriadayers and intricacies of one of the world''s greatest religions. It is a book that is especially timely given the rather controversial role that religion has played in countries around the world. The author tell