{"product_id":"meaning-of-india-9780143448600","title":"Meaning of India","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1996 when he was eighty-eight years old, this selection of nearly six decades of Raja Rao's non-fiction is an audacious contemplation on the deeper significance of India. A combination of fables, journeys, discussions and meditations, \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of India\u003c\/i\u003e advances the view that India is not just a geographical entity, or even a civilization-state. India is, above all, a metaphysic, a way of being and regarding the self and the world.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wide range of sources-including the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Gita, the Buddha, Sankara, Bhartrihari, Kalidasa, Dostoevsky, Val ry, Rilke, Mann and Mallarm -as also meetings with Gandhi, Nehru, Forster and Malraux, Rao teases out the implications of Advaita or non-dualism, which he regards as India's unique contribution to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Penguin Modern Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143448600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Raja Rao","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38350700445877,"sku":"9780143448600","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f42dea3b-6221-4c31-affe-19d95763640b.jpg?v=1611645867","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/meaning-of-india-9780143448600","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}