Ramesh Sharma, an iconoclastic thinker, has a deep insight into the Vedic philosophy, known as ?Universality of Spirit?. In his previous book ?America Tattwamasi?, he has tried to trace US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence to the fundamental ethos of the Upanishads. Much to the consternation of many, Sharma has also proposed that the United States of America be formally declared a Hindu State. A journalist with outstanding career of more than two decades, he is credited with giving a new direction to the struggle for democracy in Nepal, by exposing the grand conspiracy of then monarch in 1990. A pioneering advocate of Republican Democracy in that country, Sharma, had played a leading role in creating various organizations, including trade union. He has been living in the United States since 2004 alongside his family.