{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-india-essays","title":"The Meaning of India: Essays","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, The Meaning of India 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. Drawing on a wide range of sources-including the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Gita, the Buddha, Sankara, Bhartrihari, Kalidasa, Dostoevsky, Valéry, Rilke, Mann and Mallarmé-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","brand":"GENRES BSTIN History","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":62420994326898,"sku":"143448609 - PB","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":62420994359666,"sku":"143448609 - HB","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/6889\/0482\/files\/81OvMM4dBiL.jpg?v=1790672759","url":"https:\/\/universalreads.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-india-essays","provider":"Universal reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}