11-11-2003, 06:06 AM
crossposted from Bharatnirbhaya
I request the members of this list to revisit RISA-L archives and see the
current spate of discussions. Some members of that list,
(including a member of our list who participates here just to shoot and
scoot, and who is a well known professional Hindu hater), seeks to tarnish
their own colleagues using the 'guilt by association' tactic. This is
reminiscent of the way Nazis extinguished (or inflamed!) inconvenient
bodies, views.... by associating them with the hated 'other' viz., the Jews.
Visit URL [url="http://www.sandiego.edu/theo/risa-l/archive/maillist.html"]http://www.sandiego.edu/theo/risa-l/archiv...e/maillist.html[/url]
The tone, tenor, content of many of the messages on that 'respectable,
scholarly' list is so similar to the mob hysteria of Jihadi meetings, where
members snarl, show clenched fists, bare their canines... It reminds me of
cover pics in an issue of Newsweek
(or Time) showing a rally of Jihadis with their fangs bared, eyes wide open
and red.
What is striking in this whole discussion is the virtual non- participation
of Indians and practicing Hindus. The silence is very eloquent, it is
clearly indicative of the intense pressures they have to work under. The
environment they face day after day is demeaning to Hindus, to Indians. It
is natural that they do not want to invite trouble. At the same time, they
appear to disapprove Paul Courtright's pornography passing off as academic
scholarship.
Whatever be the context of the passages cited from his book in the HSC
petition (except if they are quoted as a purvapaksha), they are pure
pornography. In fact, coupled with the picture of balaganesha on the cover,
they may well be treated as a case of child pornography. The fact that so
many 'respectable' RISA specialists are completely mum on this aspect and
are rather gunning after MLBD in the most intimidating fashion, shows the
clear agenda and face of these protesting 'scholars'. It is to promote
hatred against Hindus and Hindu Dharma in the guise of scholarship. The
pattern of their behaviour, replicated day after day, should clinch the
issue. If people need more proof of the perversity that goes by the name
scholarship, please take some time to visit the June 2001 archives of
[url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indology"]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indology[/url] where once again the tip of the
iceberg (racist and other prejudices of Indologists against India and
Hindus) is visible. For another sample, see some quotes at
[url="http://vishalagarwal.bharatvani.org/freud.html"]http://vishalagarwal.bharatvani.org/freud.html[/url]
We can ignore some unfair coconuts (brown outside, wannabe white beneath and
largely hollow inside) like the adminstrator of that list who promotes
adharma and claims to uphold RISA-dharma!
Again, the question is not of free speech. The question is of mixing
pornography with 'scholarship'. The question is whether we will continue to
treat the nudity of our kids as something non-offensive of whether some
perverts will give sexual interpretations to something as natural as the
trunk of Gajanana.
SUPPORTING MLBD: Let us act positive here now. We need to thank Motilal
Banarsidass for their principles stand. Their email is mlbd@vsnl.com and it
should be addressed to Rajeev Jain. More than that, let us place an order
for their books, either directly from outside India or via our relatives in
India. In case some of us have been their patrons (for instance I have
purchased Rs 15000 worth of books in 2001-2002 and the order for 2003 has
been sent via a friend in India), let us remind them of this. Please visit
their website at [url="http://www.newagebooksindia.com/link.htm"]http://www.newagebooksindia.com/link.htm[/url]
I urge you to place an order soon, either directly from the US or via your
friends in India. Their books are priced very reasonably. And they have tons
of titles of great worth.
Of course, do not buy books by Patrick Olivelle, Cynthia Humes (not that she
has any), Robert Zydenbos (not that he would have any) and so on. If they
boycott and intimidate Hindus, we will boycott their books.
Please, Please spread this message (especially the part on buying books from
MLBD, and thanking them via letters) on various lists of Indians and Hindus.
We really need to do this as a token of our appreciation. The owners of MLBD
are devout Hindus/Jains, a fact I know for sure through mutual acquaitances.
They see their work not merely as a profession but also as a dharmic act. We
need to support them. Remember that MLBD has completed 100 yrs of their
existence and are currently offering an additional 10% discount for all
purchases above Rs 500.
Sincerely,
Vishal Agarwal
I request the members of this list to revisit RISA-L archives and see the
current spate of discussions. Some members of that list,
(including a member of our list who participates here just to shoot and
scoot, and who is a well known professional Hindu hater), seeks to tarnish
their own colleagues using the 'guilt by association' tactic. This is
reminiscent of the way Nazis extinguished (or inflamed!) inconvenient
bodies, views.... by associating them with the hated 'other' viz., the Jews.
Visit URL [url="http://www.sandiego.edu/theo/risa-l/archive/maillist.html"]http://www.sandiego.edu/theo/risa-l/archiv...e/maillist.html[/url]
The tone, tenor, content of many of the messages on that 'respectable,
scholarly' list is so similar to the mob hysteria of Jihadi meetings, where
members snarl, show clenched fists, bare their canines... It reminds me of
cover pics in an issue of Newsweek
(or Time) showing a rally of Jihadis with their fangs bared, eyes wide open
and red.
What is striking in this whole discussion is the virtual non- participation
of Indians and practicing Hindus. The silence is very eloquent, it is
clearly indicative of the intense pressures they have to work under. The
environment they face day after day is demeaning to Hindus, to Indians. It
is natural that they do not want to invite trouble. At the same time, they
appear to disapprove Paul Courtright's pornography passing off as academic
scholarship.
Whatever be the context of the passages cited from his book in the HSC
petition (except if they are quoted as a purvapaksha), they are pure
pornography. In fact, coupled with the picture of balaganesha on the cover,
they may well be treated as a case of child pornography. The fact that so
many 'respectable' RISA specialists are completely mum on this aspect and
are rather gunning after MLBD in the most intimidating fashion, shows the
clear agenda and face of these protesting 'scholars'. It is to promote
hatred against Hindus and Hindu Dharma in the guise of scholarship. The
pattern of their behaviour, replicated day after day, should clinch the
issue. If people need more proof of the perversity that goes by the name
scholarship, please take some time to visit the June 2001 archives of
[url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indology"]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indology[/url] where once again the tip of the
iceberg (racist and other prejudices of Indologists against India and
Hindus) is visible. For another sample, see some quotes at
[url="http://vishalagarwal.bharatvani.org/freud.html"]http://vishalagarwal.bharatvani.org/freud.html[/url]
We can ignore some unfair coconuts (brown outside, wannabe white beneath and
largely hollow inside) like the adminstrator of that list who promotes
adharma and claims to uphold RISA-dharma!
Again, the question is not of free speech. The question is of mixing
pornography with 'scholarship'. The question is whether we will continue to
treat the nudity of our kids as something non-offensive of whether some
perverts will give sexual interpretations to something as natural as the
trunk of Gajanana.
SUPPORTING MLBD: Let us act positive here now. We need to thank Motilal
Banarsidass for their principles stand. Their email is mlbd@vsnl.com and it
should be addressed to Rajeev Jain. More than that, let us place an order
for their books, either directly from outside India or via our relatives in
India. In case some of us have been their patrons (for instance I have
purchased Rs 15000 worth of books in 2001-2002 and the order for 2003 has
been sent via a friend in India), let us remind them of this. Please visit
their website at [url="http://www.newagebooksindia.com/link.htm"]http://www.newagebooksindia.com/link.htm[/url]
I urge you to place an order soon, either directly from the US or via your
friends in India. Their books are priced very reasonably. And they have tons
of titles of great worth.
Of course, do not buy books by Patrick Olivelle, Cynthia Humes (not that she
has any), Robert Zydenbos (not that he would have any) and so on. If they
boycott and intimidate Hindus, we will boycott their books.
Please, Please spread this message (especially the part on buying books from
MLBD, and thanking them via letters) on various lists of Indians and Hindus.
We really need to do this as a token of our appreciation. The owners of MLBD
are devout Hindus/Jains, a fact I know for sure through mutual acquaitances.
They see their work not merely as a profession but also as a dharmic act. We
need to support them. Remember that MLBD has completed 100 yrs of their
existence and are currently offering an additional 10% discount for all
purchases above Rs 500.
Sincerely,
Vishal Agarwal