TY - BOOK AU - Vikramjeet TI - FANTASY OF DYING SN - 9789370201132 U1 - 128.5 PY - 2026/// CY - Karnataka PB - IIP Iterative Interational Publishers KW - Philosophy and Psychology  KW - Epistemology (how do you know what you know?)  KW - Humankind  KW - Death N1 - The human fascination with, or fear of, death is as old as humanity itself. From the mantras, shlokas, and texts of Shrutis revealed to ancient sages and recorded in the Vedas, Upanishads, Mahakavyas, Puranas, Darshan Shastras; from rituals performed to appease tribal, ancient, and other gods and passed down from generation to generation; from the earliest cave paintings depicting scenes of life, death, and the afterlife; from written texts on papyrus, clay, or stone tablets; from intellectual discourses in the philosophical treatises of great philosophers, theologians, statesmen, and literary giants; to the scientific analyses of modern times, our species has consistently engaged in a dialogue with mortality ER -