Ban the Gita? A look at Arjuna’s doubts vs Krishna’s wisdom

A Siberian court will shortly pronounce its verdict in a case calling for a ban on the Bhagawad Gita. The alleged reason: the Gita is apparently spreading “social discord”. As a complex text that can be interpreted in many ways, it’s no surprise that people unfamiliar with the Indian cultural ethos might read all kinds of subversive meanings into it. Is it a call to war, or is it an allegorical work calling on each one of us to fight the evil within, as Gandhi would like us to believe?

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