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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
9:57 PM
The Solitude of Emperors
A boy called Vijay had a chance to work in an adealistic publication called the Indian Secularist. It was because of its office in Mumbai than because of a strong interest in politics. The newspaper's founding belief that various religious can flourish together successfully in India is dealt a blow when riots break out between Muslims and Hindus in the city. When Vijay was sent away by his boss on a work holiday in the mountains, he saw the country's unrest writ small in the drama surrounding a multifaith shrine that became the target of Hindu fundamentalists.
About the great and undifying Indian leaders Ashoka,Akbar and Gandhi, it were these that gives this storybook its title...