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

[kuntimaddi sadananda]

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
 >>> 
 >>> .
 >> 
 >> Dinesh Patel
 MD
 >> 
 >> 
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