David Frawley | |
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 Frawley in 2007 | |
| Born | September 21, 1950 Wisconsin, United States |
| Other names | Vamadeva Shastri |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, ayurvedic practitioner, Hindu astrologer |
| Spouse | Shambhavi Chopra |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2015) |
| Website | American Institute of Vedic Studies |
David Frawley is an American Hindutva activist and a teacher of Hinduism.[1]
He has written numerous books on topics spanning the Vedas, Hinduism, yoga, ayurveda and Hindu astrology.[2] In 2015 he was honored by the government of India with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India.[3]
A prominent ideologue of the Hindutva movement, he has also been accused of practicing historical revisionism.[4][5]
- ^ Chetan Bhatt (2000). "Hindu Nationalism and Indigenous 'Neo-racism'". In Back, Les; Solomos, John (eds.). Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader. Psychology Press. p. 590–591. ISBN 9780415156714. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
It is important to note the marriage between far-right-wing Hindutva ideology and western New Ageism in the works of writers like David Frawley (1994, 1995a, 1995b) who is both a key apologist for the Hindutva movement and the author of various New Age books on Vedic astrology, oracles and yoga
- ^ "David Frawley is the American hippy who became RSS's favourite western intellectual". ThePrint. 17 November 2018.
- ^ "The unusual story of David Frawley aka Vamadeva Sastri". Deccan Herald. 28 October 2018.
- ^ Shrimali, Krishna Mohan (July 2007). "Writing India's Ancient Past". Indian Historical Review. 34 (2): 171–188. doi:10.1177/037698360703400209. ISSN 0376-9836. S2CID 140268498.
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