A Brief Report on WAVES' NJ Conference & Three Requests

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>A Brief Report on WAVES' NJ Conference & Three Requests

>Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:46:13 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Dear friends:

>

>As you know, the third biennial ‘International

>Conference on Contemporary Views on Indian

>Civilization’, organized by ‘World Assn. For Vedic

>Studies, held at Stevens Institute of Technology, July

>28-30, 2000 was duly held.

>

>You presented (or had an accepted) paper in the

>conference. You may all submit your paper(s) for

>inclusion in the proposed PROCEEDINGS of the

>conference.

>

>First, here is a very brief report on the conference:

>

>1. There were over 220 accepted papers for

>presentation;

>2. Over 150 presentations made;

>3. In all 36 sessions were held;

>4. Professor K. L. Seshagiri Rao (USC, & Encyclopedia

>of Hinduism) gave the inaugural address;

>5. The Chief Guest Speaker was Professor Hans Henrich

>Hock (University of Illinois)

>6. The two keynote speakers were

>(i) Professor Ashok Aklujkar (Uni. Of British

>Columbia, Canada) and

>(ii) Professor George Cardona (Pennsylvania

>University)

>7. There were following FIVE plenary speakers:

>(i) Dr. Rahul Peter Das, Germany

>(ii) Professor V. V. Raman, Rochester Inst.

>(iii) Professor G. C. Nayak (Utkal University)

>(iv) Professor Hope Fitz (Eastern Connecticut State

>Uni.)

>(v) Dr. Keonraad Elst, Belgium

>8. There were a number of other invited speakers;

>9. The participants came from several countries

>including Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Norwey,

>Nepal, South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, U.K., USA

>10. Estimatedly there were more than 320 participants.

>11. In the concluding session, a number of

>participants expressed their views. Every one,

>without exception, put the conference a grand success.

>12. Governor of the State of New Jersey, Christine

>Todd Whiteman, by his Proclamation, and the Senate of

>the State of New Jersey, by a SENATE RESOLUTION,

>moved by Senator DiFraancesco, declared JULY 23 TO

>JULY 29, 2000 AS ‘INDIAN CIVILIZATION WEEK IN NEW

>JERSEY’, in recognition of the conference.

>

>This letter is primarily to sincerely thank you for

>your active role in the success of the conference.

>

>Further, this letter is also to request you for the

>following three things:

>

>1. YOUR COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS - Please let us have

>the benefit of your comments. Some have sent already

>and we want to hear from more. Please do make

>suggestions and indicate how WAVES can benefit from

>your involvement.

>

>2. PROCURE WAVES’ EARLIER PROCEEDING VOLUMES: - WAVES

>has published PROCEEDINGS of it Biennial Conferences

>held in Atlanta (1996) and in Los Angeles (1998). The

>same, hard bound running in about 500 pages each, are

>available. I will encourage you to buy of a copy

>these for your library (Library price in USA and

>other Western Countries US$99.00).

>

>3. PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NJ

>CONFERENCE: - PROCEEDINGS of the New-Jersey

>Conference will be considered for publication. Papers,

>preferably not exceeding 15 pages (about 1000 words

>per page), may please be submitted to the following

>address:

>Professor BhuDev Sharma

>B-74, Takshila Colony, Garh Road, MEERUT – 250004, UP,

>INDIA

> Please submit two hard copies and if possible a

>MSWord copy on diskette, by October 30, 2000. If you

>need more time for some reason please let me know.

>

>(NOTE: Those gave me or some other organizer a copy of

>the paper during the conference are also requested to

>mail fresh copies, as above, as the formal submission

>of their paper(s) for the proposed PROCEEDINGS. Better

>send diskette copy along with hard copies by postal

>mail, and not on e-mail.)

>

>Hoping to hear from you,

>

>Sincerely,

>

>BhuDev Sharma

>President, WAVES

>

>NOTE: PLease bring this to the notice of those persons

>who do not have e-mail address and are known to you.

>THANKS IN ASDVANCE

>

>

>=====

>Bhu Dev Sharma, Professor of Math (On Sabbatical)

>Xavier University, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA

>(President, World Assn. For Vedic Studies)

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Dear Prof. Ram Sing,

 

It maybe very interesting to have something akin to ball where each may

choose a fashion style or tradition such as Gujarati or Punjabi or Bengali

attire (all different of course) so we can have a nice cross section of

Indian fashion. It may sound a little frivolous, but such things are

certainly great for PR to both the general public and the Indian community.

 

I was really surprised by the warm reception and joy actually from most

everyone when I wore a dhoti and kurta the day I gave my presentation. In

short, I think it adds to the reconfirmation of both the Indian and Vedic

identity as much for its heritage as for its relevancy to contemporary Indian

dress and growing Western fashion interest.

 

As one Mataji professor told my fiancee about seeing me in a dhoti and Kurta:

"It's very romantic." It's much like a Westerner would feel seeing people

dressed in old Victorian/European custom. It adds to the sense of

eventfulness and authenticity.

 

Raghunatha Anudasa

(John Giuffre)

The Economics of Love: Varna Asrama Dharma

www.ROOPA.org

 

In a message dated 8/28/00 5:00:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

BSingh writes:

 

> Subj: Re: A Brief Report on WAVES' NJ Conference & Three Requests

> 8/28/00 5:00:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time

> BSingh (Bal Ram Singh)

> Anudasa

> CC: bhudev_sharma

>

> I absolutely agree with your suggestion.

>

> Bal Ram Singh

>

> At 03:44 PM 08/28/2000 -0400, you wrote:

> >Proposed Resolution:

> >

> >One day at next years Conference dedicated to traditional or Indian

Fashion.

>

> >

> >We talked of India and Veda for 3 days, but the only ones actually dressed

> in

> >anything remotely representing Indian attire where the ladies. Thank you

> >Mataji's.

> >

> >Would it be to frivolous to celebrate Vedic Indian fashion at a

conference

> >dedicated solely to its understanding? Maybe not mandatory but something

> >representative of the look, dress and feel of India much like we did with

> the

> >meals and topics of discussion.

> >

> >Raghunatha Anudasa

> >(aka John Giuffre) The Economics of Love: Varna Asrama Dharma.

> >

> >PS

> >Thank you Dr. Sharma and all for the variety of such highly intricate and

> >academic presentations that proved as interesting as it was relevant to

lay

>

> >man and professor alike.

> >

> >Most notable was the consensus and camaraderie in spite of the seeming

> >differences otherwise considered inconsolable in other forums. Bravo.

> >

> >

> --

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