Why I am a Hindu

by Shashi Tharoor

I am Shiva, I am Shiva. (Shivoham, Shivoham). I am not the Prâna, nor the five vital airs; I am not the materials of the body, nor the five sheaths; Neither am I the organs of action, nor the object of the senses; I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am Shiva, I am Shiva. (Shivoham, Shivoham). I have neither aversion nor attachment, neither greed nor delusion; Neither egotism nor envy, neither Dharma nor Moksha; I am neither desire nor objects of desire; I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am Shiva, I am Shiva. (Shivoham, Shivoham). I am neither sin nor virtue, neither pleasure nor pain;