{"product_id":"vivekananda-and-our-times-9789354477270","title":"Vivekananda and Our Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1893, Swami Vivekananda travelled to Chicago to attend the Parliament of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld Religions. There, amidst representatives of the various religions of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld, Vivekananda-who grew up in an affluent Bengali household in Calcutta, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudied to be a lawyer, only to give it up to become a wandering monk-spoke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Universal Religion-'a religion which will have no place for persecution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor intolerance in its polity, which will recognize the divinity in every man and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewoman, and whose whole scope, whose whole force, will be created in aiding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehumanity to realize its own true divine nature'. Although a devout Hindu, he had\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealways been someone who felt a deep sense of belonging to the plural heritage of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Indian sub-continent. Through his learnings and travels he sought to galvanize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esociety on the basis of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprising three insightful essays, Vivekananda and Our Times situates the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwami in today's world. Rajni Bakshi's endeavour-which began a century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter the Chicago address, when the country was reeling from the shock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Ramjanmabhoomi campaign and the consequent demolition of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBabri Masjid-attempts to seek a space for reflection and shows us, through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivekananda's ideologies, the need to reconcile with the 'other' in a 'shared quest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor freedom from fear'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354477270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.29d","brand":"Rajni Bakshi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801176371381,"sku":"9789354477270","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vivekananda-and-our-times-9789354477270","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}