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Noted writer and diplomat Pavan K Varma’s book ‘Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker’, published by Westland, will be launched by Dr. Karan Singh, former Rajyasabha MP, and Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, former Union Minister, along with the author, on Wednesday, May 2nd, at 7 pm at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi.
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Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker’ is a well-researched account of the life and times of the child-saint Adi Shankaracharya, who travelled across India to set up monasteries or mathas, even while giving a form and structure to Hinduism. The book includes a select anthology of Shankaracharya’s seminal writing; and most importantly, examines the startling endorsement that contemporary science is giving to his ideas today.
Join us as Pavan K Varma debates the remarkable philosophical underpinning of Hinduism by Adi Shankaracharya and the relevance of the erstwhile saint in the current times, with senior journalist and author Vir Sanghvi.
About Pavan K Varma:
Pavan K. Varma is a writer-diplomat and now in politics, where he was till recently an MP in the Rajya Sabha, and earlier Advisor to the Chief Minister of Bihar. Author of over a dozen bestselling books including, Ghalib: The Man, The Times; The Great Indian Middle Class; The Book of Krishna; Being Indian; Becoming Indian; and Chanakya’s New Manifesto, he has been Ambassador in several countries, Director of The Nehru Centre in London, Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, and Press Secretary to the President of India.
Pavan K. Varma was conferred an Honorary Doctoral Degree for his contribution to the fields of diplomacy, literature, culture and aesthetics by the University of Indianapolis in 2005. He lives in Delhi.
