[Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7

[Dinesh Patel MD]

You should write to Harvard president and others
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Dinesh Patel MD





> On Mar 6, 2016, at 20:34, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> PraNAms
> 
> This may not the right forum for this. 
> 
> I have listened to Shree Rajiv Malhotra and I full agree with his assessment of the situation. There are many sanskrit scholars in India who can easily do the job. They are many so-called western scholars who have their own agenda and distorted the Hindu scriptures with half-baked knowledge. I was the first 100 people who signed the petition and also posted this in my facebook. The voice of the so many people have to be considered. 
> 
> I fully endorse shree Sanju Nath's assessment of the situation. 
> 
> With this I will stop.
> 
> Hari Om!
> Sadananda
> 
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> On Sun, 3/6/16, Dinesh Patel MD via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 140, Issue 7
> To: "Sanju Nath" <sanjivendra at gmail.com>
> Cc: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Sunday, March 6, 2016, 1:36 PM
> 
> Hopefully more scholars
> comment 
> 
> Dinesh Patel MD
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2016, at
> 10:37, Sanju Nath <sanjivendra at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> 
>> A serious
> discussion involves defining the terms used and then stating
> the opposing view so that the understanding is confirmed,
> and then answering the substantive points raised.  This
> discussion continues until a conclusion is reached or
> thorough appreciation of the viewpoints are understood.
>> 
>> This article if
> written properly would have explored opposing views with
> interviews from both viewpoints.  Also what is the
> definition of hindu right?  Seems like any Indian who
> studies the Vedas, Sanskrit and explains/defends its depth
> is what liberals and many in the media assume?  What was
> the background of the person writing this?
>> 
>> Disappointed with
> the Murthy comment.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Sanju
>> 
>>> On Mar 6, 2016,
> at 6:51 AM, Dinesh Patel MD via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> wrote:
> Any comments on this article from scholars of Indian
> heritage 
>>> Righteousness is the goal
> and who better 
>>> can comment from
> scholars like yours 
>>> Comment and
> respond as that is right wSy 
> Dinesh
> 
>>>> New post on India New England
> News
> Ancient text translation project at Harvard sparks outrage
> among Hindu right
>>>> by inenews
>>>> WALTHAM, MA--A group of Indian
> Sanskrit scholars are calling for an American professor
> working on a groundbreaking project on Indian classics at
> Harvard University to be removed because of his “deep
> antipathy” to Indian ideals and culture, according to
> aChange.org petition filed Saturday, Washington Post
> reported on Wednesday.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sheldon Pollock (Photo: Columbia
> University)
>>>> 
>>>> Washington Post said that Columbia
> University Professor Sheldon Pollock, a respected Sanskrit
> scholar and the author of "The Language of Gods in the
> World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern
> India," is the editor of a $5 million project by
> Harvard University Press to publish dozens of Indian
> classical texts with English translations.
> “More than 132 professors from some of India’s most
> prominent universities -- some of them from the Hindu right
> -- have signed the petition, which calls for Pollock’s
> removal as editor and "mentor" of the Murty
> Classical Library of India series; the project is funded by
> a Harvard graduate Rohan Murty, the son of Infosys
> co-founder Narayana Murty,” Washington Post said.
>>>> 
>>>> The
> prominent US newspaper reported that the petitioners argued
> that the work of translating the ancient texts should be
> done in India and “not outsourced wholesale to American
> Ivy Leagues.”
>>>> 
>>>> Rohan Murty told the Indian
> Express newspaper Wednesday that Pollock "has been
> critical to the success of the library, and Harvard and I
> look forward to having him on the board for many years to
> come."
>>>> 
>>>> inenews | March 3, 2016 at 4:10 pm
> | Categories: India | URL:http://wp.me/p70dzN-1K7
>>>> 
>>>> .
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