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<\/center><\/p>\nChaitanya Charan’s new book “GK for PK!” in response to the Bollywood movie PK – available free on amazon kindle for five days<\/p>\n
PK was released in Dec 2014 and went on to become the highest grossing Indian film of all time. Using an alien named PK (drunk) and a journalist as its central characters, the movie exposes the shenanigans of godmen and the gullibility of their followers. But in its negative stereotyping of religion, it mixes superstitions with meaningful spiritual practices and reduces God to an irrelevant cipher. While PK attracted positive reviews from critics, it also triggered violent protests from the Hindu right wing, which charged it with hurting Hindu sentiments and called for a ban on it.<\/p>\n
GK for PK! responds to the issues raised in PK by drawing on logic, humor, scripture, science and common sense. The GK in the title stands for three things: General Knowledge, God knowledge and Gita knowledge.
\nSome of the questions answered in the book are: <\/p>\n
Can we reject as wrong numbers the rituals that don\u2019t make sense?
\nDo people who are afraid go to temples?
\nAre there two gods: the god who created man and the god whom man created?
\nHow can worshiping a cow get one a job?
\nDoes a stone smeared with colored powder become God?
\nWhy are we not born with our religion stamped on us?
\nWhy does God not respond to our prayers?
\nIs PK an anti-Hindu movie? Are violent protests against it justified?
\nDoes religion cause violence? <\/p>\n
Concise and penetrating, the book’s twenty-five answers, along with a disarming introduction and a penetrating conclusion, illumine universal principles of living and loving that can help you see religion, God and life in a refreshingly new light.<\/p>\n
Chaitanya Charan is a monk in the bhakti-yoga tradition in its modern expression as the Hare Krishna movement. He has written various book on a wide variety of topics ranging from the rationale for Deity worship, the practical application of the Bhagavad-gita and the relationship of science and spirituality. He has also written a similar book “OMG – Re-answering the questions” on similar earlier movie, OMG. <\/p>\n
“GK for PK!” is available as a free kindle book on amazon.com for five days:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/GK-PK-Chaitanya-Charan-ebook\/dp\/B00Y3KK7Y2\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432350080&sr=8-1&keywords=gk+for+pk+chaitanya+charan<\/p>\n
A hard copy can be ordered from voicebooks@voicepune.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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