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Brahmanic Vignettes - Diplomat's Nostalgia (Hardcover)
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Brahmanic Vignettes - Diplomat's Nostalgia (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R553
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Br hmanic Vignettes is a boon to readers of all ages interested in
India's past, its traditions, as well as its possible future. The
author's erudition in Sanskrit, English, and French has been used
to illuminate his varied experiences first as student, then
teacher, later as career diplomat, and after retirement, founder of
a unique school in Mysore, India. The school emphasizes Sanskrit
teaching; its students participate in a unique experiment called
Dharmamananam (described in the book), introducing them to Vedantic
values of ancient Indian culture. Glimpses of other countries,
leaders, benefactors, and common folk are vividly brought to light,
prompting the reader's intellectual and moral involvement. His
meetings with Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (scholar and former president of
India), Jawaharlal Nehru (first prime minister of India, who chose
him as a diplomatic recruit in the new Indian Republic), and many
events and encounters with fascinating people from varied cultures
have many interesting insights. The author's unique Br hmanic
perspective of India's foreign policy, Shakespeare, the Indian epic
Ramayana, and the need to revamp society and education using the
Gurukula model of ancient India and the Kibutzims of Israel makes
for compelling reading. His personal involvement with and the
account of the Portuguese enclaves and Goa becoming integral with
the nascent Indian republic, describes the pulls and pressures of
history and political reality with his own clarity of vision and
immediacy. There are many such sketches meriting study and
reflection.
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