Being Hindu

Winner of the 2018 Wilbur AwardThere are more than one billion Hindus in the world, but for those who don’t practice the faith, very little seems to be understood about it. Followers have not only ...

Winner of the 2018 Wilbur AwardThere are more than one billion Hindus in the world, but for those who don’t practice the faith, very little seems to be understood about it. Followers have not only built and sustained the world’s largest democracy but have also sustained one of the greatest philosophical streams in the world for more than three thousand years.So, what makes a Hindu? Why is so little heard from the real practitioners of the everyday faith? Why does information never go beyond clichés? Being Hindu is a practitioner’s guide that takes the reader on a journey to very simply underst