Böcker av Kousik Sastri

Indian history is a very complex one, because there are so many issues that need to be revisited and revalued. This book of professor Sastri looks into some such delicate issues.Was Taj Mahal built for Mamtaj?What is kalapani?The half naked fakir, the history of cursed diamond, why Khulna district is in Bangladesh despite being hindu majority, Taimur's barbarity in India, the real story of thugs, the history of mysorean rocket, India's first armed freedom fighter, why we called Bharatbarsha and not only Bharat, the Naga queen who fight the foreign powers, the first to preach Indology in Europe and America before Swami Vivekananda and many such unknown or little known things that are stressed to be forgotten.

Dalai Lama is the spiritual head of Tibet and also the top official for exiled Tibetan consultation and thought to be the incarnation of Bodhisatva Avalokiteshvara. He is also a great scholar and a compassionate human being and it is our great fortune that he is still among among us and lives in India. This book is thus meant to be a tribute for him and will serve as a guidebook for to know thus great man.Kousik Sastri in this book vividly presents his life and teachings that will lead human beings to overcome pain and to live with peace which is most needed today.