- Peter Heehs
Peter Heehs an American historian in India writes on modern Indian history, and Indian spirituality and religion. Much of his work focuses on the Indian political and spiritual leader
Sri Aurobindo . His publications include nine books and more than forty articles in journals and magazines.Early life
Peter Heehs was born and educated in the United States but has lived in India since 1971. One of the founders of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives, he is currently a member of the editorial board of the Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo.
Academic life
As a Disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
"Peter Heehs is at present an archivist at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library, Pondicherry."
His books
* India's Freedom Struggle
* The Bomb in Bengal
* Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism
* Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience* Sri Aurobindo: A Brief Biography
* Essential Writings of Sri Aurobindo
* Nationalism, Religion and Beyond
* The Lives of Sri Aurobindo
References
* [http://scholar.google.com/ Google scholar]
* [http://selforum.blogspot.com/2008/09/peter-heehs-has-naturally-offended.html Indian sentiments]
* [http://selforum.blogspot.com/2008/09/protest-letters-demanding-expulsion-of.html Potest letters demanding explusion]
* [http://www.sciy.org Corrections to textual excerpts of The Lives of Sri Aurobindo by Peter Heehs]
* [http://peterheehs.net/publications.aspx Heehs work]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
