Thus book is a pioneer study in the field of contemporary India's humanist philosophy. Contemporary Humanism is a mundane plan of life developed in the atmosphere of modernism and rationality. The Author has, for his study, chosen only one thinker from the various humanist trends in India. Devatma (Naturalism), D.P. Chattopadhyaya (Marxism), M.N. Roy (New Humanism), Ram Manohar Lohia (Socialism), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Neo-Buddhism) Dr. N.K. Devaraja (Creative Humanism), Periyar E.V. Ramasamy (Rationalism) and Gora, i.e. Goparaju Ramachandra Rao (Atheism). General Principles of Marxism as practiced in communist countries are also stated. The general humanist aim is to create a spiritually enlightened society consisting of spiritually liberated persons. Although God, omniscience and immortality are not worthwhile pursuits for the humanists, yet, the readers will find that the humanist plans for a happy human life are quite ingenious, lofty and ennobling.
