[Y-Indology] Harappan Horse, an article by Dr. Nagaswamy

[Guest guest]

Friends:

 

I am editing a monograph on The Romantic Heroiones (nayika) of India and

would be delighted to hear from anyone who would like to contribute to this.

 

This is to be a visual and scholarly (not coffee table) book covering every

aspect of the nayika.

 

Regards.

 

Harsha V. Dehejia

Professor of Religion, Careton University

Ottawa, ON. Canada.

[Guest guest]

I could not make head or tail of the message quote below until a friend

drew my attention to a message, by the same Internet writer, on the

Indo-European list Cybalist:

cybalist/message/13101

 

In fact, the Y-Indology msg (quoted below) is a much shortened and

sanitized version of the Cybalist one (especially its latter part). This

includes, apart from the usual tangential effusions and ad hominems, even

actual slander & libel of a colleague.

 

This has been before with another colleague and the writer had to apologize

in public (see IndianCivilization list, around Oct. 29/30, 2000).

 

Just to let you know with whom you are dealing here.

 

No answer necessary to the skewed and factually incorrect account below.

And certainly no imagined 'defense' or apology from me for characterizing

NS Rajaram's "scientific" work or his political activities (see Rajaram in

the chauvinistic "Sword of Truth" web site, or the (right wing) party

journal, "Organiser" among others).

 

MW

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Vishal Agarwal wrote:

 

>In the article below, it is stated -

>

>""Digs" at the writings of persons such as Rajaram thus have their

>well-justified reasons. Especially so, as he has recently been

>appointed by the Minister of HRD as a member of the ICHR, just after

>I sent in my last piece. Such appointments spell the end of

>scientific history writing and open the door to Raamraaj fantasies

>galore. However, since I am neither an Indian citizen nor a

>professional historian, I refrain from further comment. "

>

>The fact is that several days before the publication of Professor

>Witzel's article in the Hindu, Mr. Rajaran had declined to accept the

>appointment.

>This was reported in some newspapers, although I learnt of it via an

>email message forwarded to me.

>

>Hence (or even otherwise), the use of epithets like 'politicians' for

>Rajaram or anyone else, is inappropriate. In fact, the article was

>replete with personal attacks and it does no credit to anyone to make

>an attempt now to defend it.

>

>As for the two articles of Meadow cited by him - I have read one

>(1995) of them, and it does not seem to offer any justification for

>the 'eroded layer' theory, although I will check it once again. I

>will also check the other article and see what it says and what proof

>it offers.

>

>Sincerely,

>Vishal

 

INDOLOGY, Michael Witzel <witzel@f...> wrote:

> http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/Har-veda.htm

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