SV: interesting experience/Urdu/hindi

[N. Ganesan]

Dr. S. Abbas wrote:
>Also, the official history establishment here is highly corrupt and
>dishonest. Arun Shourie's book `Eminent Historians,' while lamenting that
>history is not chauvinist enough for him, does expose the corruption,
>nepotism and fraud practiced by the official establishment, barring a few
>isolated individuals. This establishment  is writing history - so please
>keep an open mind about all areas of  Indian history, which means
>questioning the fundamentals.

Even an eminent archaeologist, on the other end of Shourie, agrees.
Prof. S. Ratnagar writes, "Most of all I would like to express my
appreciation of Madhav Deshpande, Thomas Trautmann, Michael Witzel,
Hans Hock and Johannes Brinkhorst - of their ethics and honesty,
rare amongst scholars working on the Indian past."
(p. 234, Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia, Harvard university,
1999.)

Regards,
N. Ganesan



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