TY - BOOK AU - आइलैय्या, कांचा. TI - हिंदुत्व - मुक्त भारत: दलित-बहुजन, सामाजिक-आध्यात्मिक वैज्ञानिक क्रांतीवरील चिंतन SN - 9789385985430 (pbk) U1 - 294.517 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage publications KW - Hinduism -- Social aspects -- India KW - Brahmanism -- Social aspects -- India KW - Dalits -- Social conditions N1 - Post-Hindu India : a discourse on Dalit-Bahujan, socio-spiritual and scientific revolution N2 - Kancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu, pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand. This work challenges Hinduisms̀ interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and also takes a refreshing look at the necessity of encouraging indigenous scientific thought for the sake of national progress. It establishes Hinduism as a backwards ̀religion that suppresses the latent science ER -