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The Bhagavad Gita is not as nice a book as some Americans think...Throughout the Mahabharata ... Krishna goads human beings into all sorts of murderous and self-destructive behaviors such as war.... The Gita is a dishonest book .
Wendy Doniger
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Wendy Doniger
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: November 20
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