Yet, for a man who contributed so much to the Indian intellectual tradition, he remains largely unknown. Homo Philosophicus: Discovering the Spirit of Philosophy in Everyday Life, Sundar SarukkaiWhy does philosophy matter? What makes ideas that originated centuries ago relevant today, in an age that is redefining the idea of the human? This book traces how fear, pride, victimhood, anger and piety are produced and circulated in today's India as spectacle. Drawing on over two decades of field research across rural India, economist Reetika Khera examines how social policies actually shape everyday life.