Rajiv Malhotra is an Indian American entrepreneur. He had a successful career
in the computer and telecom industries and later took an early retirement to
found The Infinity Foundation through which he has been promoting philanthropic
and educational activities in the area of the study of Hinduism.
The author was taking
at the Bangalore Literature Festival about his book ‘Debating Hinduism and the
Indian Grand Narrative’ at the Bangalore Literature Festival. Below are a few
points from what he spoke:
- To understand Hindu identity one has to learn about Hindu Dharma.
- Hindu Dharma is about being open to new ideas and that it is constantly evolving.
- There is lack of original R&D from India. The best universities when it comes to study on South Asian nations are not located in South Asia.
- Imported social theories are fashionable and youth who are bright get bogged down by the fancy terminology and they forget the roots. We have become negative about ourselves.
- Hindus are not allowed to express their views while those who follow other religions are allowed.
- Government should help people who need the help on their financial merits and not on the basis of their castes or community.
- When the churches are not governed by the government then the temples should also not be governed by the government. Also advocated for common civil code.
- Saw no reason why a civil servant should get hold of financial details of a temple and decide as to how much should it spend on various things like painting temple or celebrating festivals.
- Sanskrit is being hijacked and how people who have no understanding of Indian culture are being funded to twist the meaning of Sanskrit works.
- Al Jabar collected knowledge of mathematics formulas he had got from India and that was later translated in Latin and other European languages under the name Algebra. India never got the credit for the formulas and the knowledge though it had originated from India.
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