Response to Prof Sheldon Pollock’s interview published in Indian Express
Once again Prof Pollock has courted controversy by touching upon sensitive topics. His interview as published in Indian Express on May 31, 2018 has raised several eyebrows and buffeted social media discussions. More...
Indian History in Perspective – 4: India’s Enduring Contributions to Humanity
In the previous part, we had talked about trans-oceanic international trade routes between India and eastern horn of Africa going back to almost 20,000 years, something which is at once mind-boggling, awe-inspiring More...
રાજીવ મલ્હોત્રા અને મીનાક્ષી જૈન વચ્ચે વાર્તાલાપ
The conversation has been translated into Gujarati by Udit Shah આ વાતચીતમાં હું દિલ્હી યુનિવર્સિટીના ઈતિહાસ અને પોલિટિકલ More...
Book Review – The Battle for Sanskrit by Rajiv Malhotra
Can Sanskrit be used to undermine Sanskriti? If we believe Rajiv Malhotra, it may already be underway. In his recent book, The Battle For Sanskrit, Malhotra raises questions that are critical for Sanskrit, the ancient More...
The World of Wendy Doniger’s Translations
“Aldous Huxley once said that an intellectual was someone who had found something more interesting than sex; in Indology, an intellectual need not make that choice at all.” – Wendy Doniger, When the Lingam More...
Anxiety in the Western Academia’s Ivory Tower
“Sling mud; even if the mud does not stick, the stain will stay for long.” asatyam api dur-vachanam chiram tishthati = Vilification, even if groundless, lasts long. These are but some of the maxims being deployed More...
Lessons from the Rajiv Malhotra Affair
Now that everybody has had his say on the Rajiv Malhotra plagiarism affair, we can better discern the larger context that explains the different forces at work here. Plagiarism The trigger was the discovery that More...
Christian Propagandists Hurl Scurrilious Allegations against Rajiv Malhotra
Note: To those of you that are aware of the background of our relationship with Rajiv Malhotra, we would like to reiterate our commitment to protecting our Dharma from all forms of attacks and hence this piece finds More...
Circular Firing Squad of Flying Attack Monkeys Target Rajiv Malhotra
Note: To those of you that are aware of the background of our relationship with Rajiv Malhotra, we would like to reiterate our commitment to protecting our Dharma from all forms of attacks and hence this piece finds More...
Western Indology and academic Apartheid
Colonial hegemony of Indology Those who are at the forefront of expressing their disgust and anguish at the act of withdrawing Wendy Doniger’s snigger of a book on the Hindus are a very distinct and peculiar type. More...