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Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan is concerned about Mahans

in our ways. It is probably true that making a living

leads one to look for trades other than study of

scriptures. It is not as bad, if one looks at the

new books coming out in English abroad. I came across

the Oxfor U's list of books on religion and many

pages of reviews are on Hinduism, Vaishanava

traditions etc. Even some Indian scholars work

abroad spreading the knowledge. A.K.Ramanujam

was one such. Some of the past like Cambell

and others have left a number of students

following their path. O course this need

not be a satisfactory answer. But our temples

will survive by the the faith poeple have there

and the interest outside India for them both

for their antiquity and architectural beauty.

I write this because it is unfair to recommend

Sanskrit or scriptures for somebody else to

master, while I advice my kids to look for

rewarding professions, monetary as well as

intellectually stimulating. One can also

donate to reserchers here to keep up the

good work in the universities.

Krishna Praba.

Some of them just would like you to buy

their books, giving them more publcity

for academic survival.