This is the fourth book in OUP's "Essential Writings" series that I happen to be revieweing. The first three were on Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, and Sri Auorbindo, respectively. It certainly looks as if the series is shaping up well, despite the inevitable unevenness in editorial inputs and quality. In the present book, for instance, the Introduction doesn't flow very well. Not only is the style choppy, but some of the paragraphs lack any sense of development or coherence. Here's an example: Yet for many the threat to the Hindu wa ....