Fred in the news ... :-)

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Please note that while Veeranarayana Pandurangi is entitled to his opinion,
he does not set the agenda for the scope of discussions on this forum, which
remain as ever, open to all matters relating to indology and indologists, as
broadly characterized here <http://indology.info/email/email-const/>.

If anyone wishes to discuss Anna Hazare and the current opposition to
corruption in Indian public life, please go ahead.  It would be best,
though, if it could be related to current or past indologists (as it has
been) or to historical or cultural indological perspectives.  What would
Kauṭalya say, for example?  :-)

Dominik Wujastyk
INDOLOGY forum founder



On 24 August 2011 11:16, Veeranarayana Pandurangi <veerankp at gmail.com>wrote:

> dear all.
> I hope people understand time and again that scholars should not be
> burdened with topics not related to indology.
> veeranarayana pandurangi
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:35 AM, George Thompson <gthomgt at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear  List,
>>
>> I got a note yesterday from Fred Smith who is still in India.  He
>> insists in the following note that what he has been quoted as saying
>> in a number of interviews in Indian papers has not been accurately
>> reported, and so he has asked me to pass on to you this correction
>> [Fred does not have good internet access in India now, so he has asked
>> me to post this note to the list]:
>>
>> "I was informed that a story on me from the Mirror (a slightly dubious
>> newspaper in Bangalore) was posted to Indology. I'm not usually on my
>> own computer in India, for internet at least, and can't look at
>> Indology right now. Can you please reply to Indology that most of
>> what's in that story was wholly invented by the Indian press. I didn't
>> say most of what's reported there, which is why it doesn't sound like
>> me. They wanted cookie cutter pablum, and put it in my mouth. I
>> actually tried to feed them hard, but digestible, nuggets, but
>> apparently they were regurgitated without leaving a trace. I don't
>> know how many times I've told myself never to talk to any reporter. I
>> went back on this and what came out were words I would never say. The
>> fact is that I went to the Mysore demonstrations in support of the
>> very necessary anti-corruption initiative inspired by Anna Hazare. I
>> went with some people I know well there, who in fact organized the
>> Mysore demonstration. The press and TV were there, and seemed to be
>> interested in the tall videshi. Egged on by my friends there, I gave a
>> few interviews. I tried, at some length, to tie corruption in with the
>> catastrophic environmental problems in India, that the same impulse
>> has led to both of them, but none of that made it into the newspapers.
>> I guess it was too much for the press to handle, probably more so for
>> editors than for reporters. Supposedly I was on NDTV and a few other
>> channels, but never saw any of it. I gave a couple of other press
>> interviews, including a long and substantive one to the Times of
>> India, Bangalore edition, but have not followed up on any of it."
>>
>> So, this is what Fred has to say about the news from Fred in India!
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> George
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/10/20110817201108170046151189b42573f/Sick-and-tired-of-paying-bribes-American-joins-stir.html
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Veeranarayana N.K. Pandurangi
> Head, Dept of Darshanas,
> Yoganandacharya Bhavan,
> Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Samskrita University, Madau, post
> Bhankrota, Jaipur, 302026.
>
> अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि।
> ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि।।
> तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः।
> निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।। (भ.गी.)
>
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