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Shri rajiv malhotra explains what he calls centrifugal idealogies that are breaking india. India, once a major civilizational and economic power that suffered centuries of decline, is now newly resurgent in business, geopolitics, and culture. There was a book invading the sacred which tried to document these issues. A public personality on everything concerning current affairs, religions and east to west intercultural affairs, rajiv malhotra is the highly acclaimed writer of breaking india.
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