Sugirtharajah, Sharada. Imagining Hinduism: A postcolonial Perspective. New York: Routledge, 2003.

To start off my search I used the library catalogue and simply searched Hinduism. I was not sure which direction I wanted to go in but I knew that Hinduism was the religion that I wanted to study. When I saw the title Imagining Hinduism: A Postcolonial Perspective I immediately knew that this was the book for me. A postcolonial take on Hinduism stuck out as a very interesting way to learn about Hinduism.

When I saw the book, the beautiful cover art really stood out. Also the fact that the book was red didn’t hurt since that is my favorite color ☺. One of the chapters that stood out to me was William Ward’s “Virtuous Christians, vicious Hindus”. I was not expecting to see a title like this in a book that is about Hinduism. I was also impressed by the bibliography at the end of the book. This could be very useful when searching for other helpful books about Hinduism for my paper. This book would probably be helpful in writing my paper. I certainly would be able to get some great ideas from it that would be able to help me with further research.

There were a lot of books about Hinduism around where I found this book. All that I know could be very useful for me. I now know exactly where to look when I begin my research. I still don’t know which direction I will take my paper in, but I am a lot more confident in my ability to find sources now that I have done this exercise.