Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 A very telling observation. David IndianCivilization, "kishore mohan" <kishore_future@i...> wrote: > > i am a practicing manager in insurance from the heatlands of andhra > pradesh and my interest in BG, Upanishads, Vedas, puranas and of > course, Indology has driven me to .... > > but i was stuck with the polemics in the world of indology and with > in each school.... > > the parenthesis of vidwat is enclosed by zeal (for learning more) on > one hand and humility on the other...... > > most often than not, both the traits are missing in the academic > world, rampant with encomiums to self grandeur and personal acrimony > towards anyone, not toeing your line of dictums.. > > > for eg., i found mr kalavai venkat to be bigoted to say the least.... > > he censored my messages, with out proper reason. he was so very > intolerant..... > > btw, i took him to be a SV.... > > (i am not a saivaite but certainly an advaitin... or atleast a good > mix of devotional irrationality with the intellectual derivational > logicsm....) > > it took a couple of long and hot mails which druided kalavai out of > his up my nose into the air tendencies and brought about a relieving > metaphormism in responsive dynamics towards my messages- which > might be bland and intriguing perhaps but some musings, all the > same... > > more over, i had been an enthusiast n started a group by name vedic > history... > > while i am an active supporter of anti AIT, i am much puzzled to see > that many of the anti AIT scholars have the same type of bolstered > egos in their heads n many of them did not even bother to reply my > request to join the group....in fact, i have taken pains to write > each of them individual personal mails, instead of the generalised > invite from the . > > > on the other hand, i do not share the beliefs of ait enthusiasts but > almost every one of them was easy to communicate, responsive and > polite, to say the least....in spite of holding prime positions in > the academic world and not knowing what was my capacity in this > position riddled world.Every one of them has encouraged me to go > further with my thinking, which is far removed from theirs and joined > my group. If i mail any one of them, i almost find an immediate reply > from him... > > the same kind of quest and encouragement was not found by me from my > brothers in anti AIT. > > > kishore > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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