The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism, the new book by bestselling author ShashiTharoor, whose last three books have sold over a quarter of a million copies in hardback,is the perfect introduction to one of the world's oldest, largest and most complex religions.Although there are hundreds of books on Hinduism, there are only a few which provide a lucid,accessible, yet deeply layered account of the religion's numerous belief systems, schoolsof thought, sects, tenets, scriptures, deities, rituals, customs, festivals and philosophies.This book is one of them.