A Brahmin without Caste

Author: Several ContributorsTranslator(s)/ Editors(s): Saeed NaqviPublisher: RupaYear: 2010Language: EnglishPages: 320ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788129116086 DescriptionIn the contemporary world of razzle dazzle which in Andy Warhol’s immortal observation, provides everybody with fifteen minutes of fame, is there any room for a person like Rishi Kumar Mishra? Yes, there is. Hence this book. Fortunately, a country more ancient than the hills will, in the ultimate analysis, always place on a higher pedestal what Mathew Arnold called ‘‘high seriousness’’. The reason why this civilisation has survived the ravages of millennia is precisely because it has placed a high premium on the life of the mind. This ensures the durability of RKM’s legacy. He will not be in the spotlight; he will survive in the sub stratum of sensitive minds. If all of this makes him a pedantic bore, let the notion be dispelled straightaway. For he was a man with a genius for fun, pranks sometimes full of mischief. He w