Call to action: media, history and related

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Hi folks,

I am writing this to all of you as there is a concrete battle that

>we could now fight with a fair chance of winning. The thought

>was triggered off by the successful character-assassination

>and assault by left-wingers on Rajaram when he was nominated

>to the ICHR. They did make a frightful fuss about it, and they got

>all self-righteous about the 'decline of standards in history',

>just because Rajaram does not have a degree in history from JNU.

>We all know that they have practised nothing but manufactured

>history for 50 years, but I'll let that matter pass.

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>The specific cause is the following: a couple of years ago, one

>of these selfsame 'historians', an abusive Marxist named K N

>Panikkar, was appointed to be the vice-chancellor of the Sri

>Sankara Sanskrit University in Kerala. This was a direct slap

>in the face of Hindus, as a) Panikkar knows no Sanskrit

>b) Panikkar rejects everything Sri Sankara stood for and

>is extremely anti-Hindu. You could do a google search to

>read some of his pearls of wisdom bashing Hinduism. Arun Shourie

>has comprehensively exposed him in a series of articles

>in Asian Age. Panikkar is an extremist who pretty much despises

>everything about Hinduism, and is a major proponent of

>the Romila Thapar school of Marxist revisionism.

>

>Anyway, the Marxists ruling Kerala were able to appoint

>this odious person to the VC-ship in late 2000. Now, it

>turns out, the Marxists are not in power in Kerala. It is

>the Congress, which, though Christian-dominated, does

>not have the same fondness for Panikkar that the Marxists

>did. So we now have a good chance of making enough

>noise that we could get Panikkar out. At the very least,

>he can be made a laughing stock, which is an even worse

>fate as far as these stuffy academics are concerned.

>

>So, very simple question. If Rajaram is not qualified for

>the ICHR as he is not a professional 'historian', why is

>Panikkar qualified for the Sri Sankara Sanskrit Univ,

>as he knows no Sanskrit? He has no history of publications

>in anything related to Sanskrit.

>

>Can we put an action plan together to make a big stink

>about this, write articles in the media, etc. etc? Any thoughts?

>

>Rajeev Srinivasan

>rajeevmail

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