IAS officer, Sanjay Dixit’s book on Krishna

Rajasthan cadre 1986 batch IAS officer Sanjay Dixit has written a book on Krishna Gopeshvara which is an attempt to force to look at Krishna differently. The author asks us whether Krishna was divine or human. Seen as an avatar, it serves one purpose, of reinforcing our belief in a divine presence that will surely intercede when evil crosses all limits of tolerance. If, on the other hand, Krishna is human, like us, it serves to make us aspire to that same level of yogic consciousness or at least understand what level of exalted living Krishna is coming from. If a Krishna in Kaliyuga is not forthcoming, can we attempt to inculcate Krishna in each of us? Often enough, through history, Indians have made the mistake of fighting an individual, while ignoring the ideology. In other words, are we even aware of the concept and utility of purvapaksha, the ancient Indian tradition of first understanding an opponent's point of view before countering it? If an ideology is not countered, fighting individuals is futile. Krishna's story, as re-imagined in the book, looks at his life and struggles through the lens of humanity, not divinity. It tells us to fight the evil in narratives first. If an evil narrative is destroyed, its followers and cult members would disappear automatically.