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But, Varma pointed out that the need of the hour is room for civilised debate which he felt is receding in our cities today. But space for civilised discourses is diminishing in modern India,” he said, adding that as a nation we have come to follow “woolly-headed politics.” When incidents like lynching take place, he explained, “It devalues me as a Hindu and demeans me as a citizen. people need to raise their voices about this.”An admirer of Chanakaya, he has great respect for the strategist in terms of his clarity of views. In the book, the author of Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker, analyses the challenges India faces today. He is convinced that these years of transition will ultimately lead to a maturation worthy of the world’s largest democracy..