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An ardent Indophile’s poem on the life of Buddha stirred a rethink on conventional ideas of a philosophy

Jairam Ramesh’s new book to uncover story of ‘The Light of Asia’ poem Ramesh was recently declared winner of the 2020 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize for "A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of VK Krishna Menon". By: PTI | New Delhi | December 16, 2020 5:45:56 pm The book, titled "The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha", will be published under Penguins Viking imprint in May next year. Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh’s n...