Hindu Power in the 21st Century – Resistances, Fears and Obstacles

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Hindu Power in the 21st Century (English) (Hardcover)

Why a book about Hindu Power, you may ask? Firstly, as I will explain at length all along, Hindu power is absolutely secular in essence, as Hindus have always accepted the diversity of the Divine and thus every persecuted religion found refuge in India, from the Jews to the Parsis, from the Armenians to the Tibetans today.

Secondly, it has been a one-way traffic and Hindus have been at the receiving end of Islamic violence and Christian missionaries to convert them – and this is why Hindus MUST take power – and keep it.

Thirdly, I am one of the few Western journalists and writers to defend Hindus because I think that they are the holders of the last Knowledge that can save the World: ‘who am I, why live, what is death, what is an avatar, what is karma, what is dharma,’ etc.” – Francois Gautier

ISBN : 978-93-88409-52-0 ; Pages : 192 ; Haranand Publications; Hardback

About the Author : 

François Gautier was born in Paris in 1959. In the early eighties, he began freelancing in India for different publications and finally ended-up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based “Journal de Geneve”, then one of the best international newspapers in Europe. In 1993, he switched to Figaro, one of France’s leading newspapers for which he worked exclusively for eight years. He also started writing regular columns for Indian newspapers, first in Blitz Bombay, then in the Hindustan Times, later came the ‘Ferengi’s column” in the Indian Express, then the “French Connection” column in the Pioneer, as well as regular contributions for Outlook, Rediff, New Indian Express, Dainik Jagran, etc.

François has written several books.  François is now the editor in chief of the Paris-based La Revue de l’Inde and a director of a book collection on India with the same publisher.  François, along with his wife Namrita, is also the trustee founder of FACT – India, which does exhibitions and commissions films documenting Human Rights abuse in South Asia. Amongst them: an exhibition on the persecuted minorities of Bangladesh, another one on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits (which was shown to the US Congress in 2005), a film on the trauma of 1947 and another one on the testimonies of the Mumbai train bombings of 2006.

Other Books by the Author

In Defence of a Billion Hindus : One of the most marvelous people on this planet-ever…

History of India as it Happened