A New Curve In The Ganges Mahatma Gandhi`s Interpretation of Hinduism
by Arvind Sharma

This book would be a worthy addition to any collection and is highly recommended for the scholars of Indology and Religious Studies.The book also contains various extracts from Gandhi`s autobiography that not only make this study realistic but also acquaint us with many hardships suffered by him.It analyses Gandhi`s relationship to the various sources of Dharma and the primacy that he accord to conscience; his reversal of the caste hiererchy by upholding the rights of the sudras his emphasis on pravrtti and nivrtti instead of grhastha and sannyasa. Arvind Sharma formerly of the I.A.S.,is the briks Professor of Comparative Religion in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill Unerversity in Montreaaal, Canada and currently engaged in promotion the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World`s Religions.