Books

Interfaith Marriage: Share and Respect with Equality (2017)

By: Dilip Amin

Publisher: ‎ Mount Meru Publishing (May 24, 2017)

This book is written to promote interfaith marriage with equality. It highlights the complexities of interfaith relationships for the benefit of interfaith couples and their parents. The author wishes to promote religious pluralism and tolerance in this world. Most interfaith conflicts appear only a few months before marriage or in worst cases, just a few days before the birth of a child. The objective of this book is to help educate new adults so that they make fully informed decisions before committing to long-lasting married life.

Hindu-Muslim Marriage: Difficulties and Reconciliations

By: Dilip Amin

Publisher: ‎ Garuda Prakashan Pvt Ltd (November 30, 2023)

It is not the author’s goal to criticize any religion. However, in order to make young people in Hindu-Muslim relationships aware of potential situations arising from differences in religious upbringing, the main differences between the various religions are highlighted. The author used 45 real-life experiences of Hindu-Muslim dating or married couples from the non-profit public forum Their names have been changed to protect their privacy. The author has neither verified the identity of the commentators nor authenticated the information they provided on the forum. Considering that their information is already publicly available, the author has used the information in this book for educational purposes. The author intends to use all proceeds from the sale of this book to promote pluralism and social equality through various projects.

Vivāha Saṃ̣skāra: The Hindu Wedding Ceremony (2012)

By: Deepak Kotwal, Nana Datar, Arun Jatkar and Dilip Amin

A majority of the Indian immigrants grew up in the tradition of Sanatana Dharma, commonly called the Hindu Religion. As they settled in a newly adopted country and their children grew up in the non-Hindu-majority American society, they perceived a great need to preserve and propagate their own Hindu identity to the next generation. As the Hindu young adults in America reached the age when marriages are usually performed, it was natural for them and their parents to do in a right manner.