 Stressing the need for an alternative understanding of Western culture, Balagangadhara argues that Hinduism, caste system, and secularism are not colonial constructs but entities within the Western cultural experience.He argues that the so-called facts about India and her traditions are a result of colonial consciousness.In 2014, Manohar publishers brought out a condensed and shortened version of "The Heathen in his Blindness..." (1994), entitled "Do all Roads Lead to Jerusalem?