Guest guest Posted December 25, 2000 Report Share Posted December 25, 2000 >"Ashok Chowgule" <ashokvc >"Ashok Chowgule" <ashokvc ><Undisclosed-Recipient:;@vspl.com;> >An incisive observation >Mon, 25 Dec 2000 12:23:31 +0530 > > Ashok Chowgule. > >25 December 2000 > >Pranam, > >In a Hindutva oriented discussion group that I am associated with, a >person made an interesting point about academic studies in the USA. He >wondered about the multitude of studies, leading up to PhDs even, on >subjects related to India on the caste system, on the discarded Aryan >Invasion theory, and generally putting Hinduism and India in bad light. >Not that he objects to them. But, he wondered why there are no studies >on aggressive behaviour of Muslim and Christian missionaries in India, >the way Hindus managed to preserve their own culture despite serious >efforts to vandalise it, on the ancient sciences in India, etc. >Generally which would project a positive side of Indian and Hindu >society. He recognised that these subjects are not covered in the >universities in India either. > >I thought this was quite an incisive observation, and I so am sharing it >with you. > >Namaste. > >Ashok Chowgule. > >============================== > > > > > > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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