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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear Mr. Pocha & Mr. Williams,

Anthropology as a discipline itself is in crisis. Stephen Tyler, professor of anthropology at Rice University in Houston, opined that with the exception of economics, no field is now more "dishonest" in its pretensions to scientific truth and precision.

Biased and uninformed journalists at the esteemed SF Chronicle have given further credence and basis to Dr. Tyler's opinion, as evident from the recent coverage [S.F. professor fears Hindu retaliation, June 23 2005, Page A10] of Anganga's recounting of tales in Orissa, India.

Rape is a serious charge anywhere and especially in India, where even death penalty was considered as a punitive measure. Angana as a faculty member must be aware of reporting any slightest sexual threat to campus police and it is the cardinal rule of campus life. Wonder then why the activist professor should
forget this so easily and conveniently. It is no wonder that, self-promoting Angana has not filed a complaint with the police, nay, she even exhorted them not to consider her outrageous charges as a complaint.

It is saddening to see supposedly unbiased journalists falling hook, line and sinker to the cheap publicity gimmicks of such faculty and cash strapped schools such as CIIS.

Sincerely hope that SF chronicle raises its journalistics standards and stick to ethics. Center for Intellect & Integrity free Studies and its cohorts can hold onto their opinions passionately, but as journalists it is your duty and responsibility to validate those before publishing them.

Sincerely
Dr. V. Vishnu <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear Editor,

Allegations of rape make screaming headlines and naturally deserve sympathetic coverage (S.F. professor fears Hindu retaliation, June 23 2005, Page A10).  But one must also be very careful in pushing charges too tenaciously based only on one side of the story. According to other published reports concerning the San Francisco based Professor, the people of Orrisa contend no such threat ever took place. The aforementioned professor since the time of the incident has been propounding the case only thru media and Internet outlets and not through the police. Specially surprising is an impassioned letter written by the professor to the Superintendent of Police a day after the incident (June 15) followed by another letter (June 16) specifically urging the police not to treat the previous letter as a complaint! Indian police takes charges of rape very seriously. Indian lawmakers have recently debated awarding the death penalty to aggressors. In such circumstances, one fails to understand why the professor might not report to the law as indeed insist that her plea not be treated as a First Information Report.

Your report is correct that the atmosphere in Orrisa has simmered into a “battle for souls”. The state has in fact become a breeding ground for coercive conversions among indigent tribal population. However, it is incorrect to state that only the so-called Hindu fundamentalists wage the battle. Only a day prior to your report (June 22), the Orrisa High Court took a strong exception to reports of large-scale illegal conversions in the state. A bench of the court directed the government, the District Collectors and Police Superintendents to inquire into such actions and take strong action against perpetrators of such activities. You might be surprised it was people of 19 different villages – none associated with any Hindutva based party – that made the petition.

Within the immigrant Indian community, the professor has been known to be a leftist pamphleteer with a penchant for cheap publicity. Without investing in due diligence, it is therefore sad that your paper has become an outlet for a vicious campaign.

Sincerely,

XXXXX

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear Editor,

This is in response to your article 'S.F. professor fears Hindu retaliation'. This article contains one-sided views, racial/ religious stereotypes and could best be summarized as propaganda hate speech.

This article has taken 'Angana Chatterjis opinion and stated it as the gospel truth.

Christianity and Islam have been religious options for the people for the last 1000 years. The people did not convert to these religions even under Islamic and Christian rule. This indicates that the so called "caste-oppression" in Hinduism is a gross exaggeration in it's implication that Hinduism is somehow more discriminatory than other Civilizations.

Articles such this perpetuate stereotypes about all Hindus and leads to hate crimes against minorities. This is unbecoming a supposedly liberal minded newspaper.


sincerely,
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