Mukunda Rao: 5 books

Rama, Lakshmana and Sita chance upon Valmiki's ashram in the forest. But what is the shudra Shambuka doing there? As Duryodhana lies dying on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, he reflects on all that brought the world to this pass, his guilt and that of his enemies, his loyalties and those of his friends...

The Mahatma is an account of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhis days in riot-hit Noakhali (now in Bangladesh). It explores the Mahatmas struggle to reconcile his ideals of truth and non-violence with ugly realities of communalism, partition and political opportunism. The narrative is brought alive with well-rounded...

Traditional religious discourses have failed to account for the biological process involved in the attaining of Nirvana. Drawing from sources as varied as the Pali canon, Mahayana texts, Zen Buddhism, J. Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, U.G. Krishnamurti, Nietzsche, post-modernist thinkers and biological...

In this book we meet with the modern sage, U.G. Krishnamurti, and listen to his penetrating voice describing life and reality as it is. What is body and what is mind? Is there a soul? Is there a beyond, a God? What is enlightenment? Is there a life after death? Never before have these questions been...

When Peter’s old college friend, the brilliant and rebellious Kriyan, visits him at his newspaper office after five years of silence, Peter is delighted. But Kriyan, though still as dazzling and disorganized as ever, has changed subtly. After a couple of unsettling meetings, Kriyan disappears again...