This pioneering work examines the existing understanding of
Hinduism in relation to human rights discourse. Written by a
leading Hindu scholar, Hindu Narratives on Human Rights is
organized around specific rights, such as the right to own
property, the rights of children, women's rights, and animal
rights. Within these categories and in light of the questions they
raise, the book provides a guided tour of Hindu narratives on
ethics, ranging from the famous religious epics, the Mahabharata
and the Ramayana, to various forms of secular literature drawn from
almost a thousand years of Indic civilization. The realization that
Hindu ethical discourse is narrative rather than propositional is a
relatively recent one. Hence, the prevailing tendency in the West
has been to overlook it in the context of the discussion of human
rights. This book was written to correct that oversight. It shows
that the presence of the universal in the particular in Hindu
stories is a key to understanding Hindu thinking about human
rights—and it indicates ways in which Hindu ethical discourse can
interact creatively with modern human rights discourse.
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