[INDOLOGY] Against the petition against Prof. Pollock

[Philipp Maas]

Dear Jay and members of Indology,
As far as I can see, the petion still lists as no. 5 "Prof. V. Kutumba
Sastry, President, International Association of Sanskrit Studies, Former
Vice Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi". Apperently Prof.
Sastry has not taken the trouble to clarify in which function he signed the
petition. However, even if he signed the petition as a private person, this
would in my view not recommend him vry much for being the president of the
IASS, because I see the wording and the spirit of the petition
contradicting very much the spirit of the constitution of the IASS.

With best wishes,

Philipp Maas



2016-03-05 11:05 GMT+01:00 <soni at staff.uni-marburg.de>:

> Dear Professor Slaje, Dear Fellow List Members:
>
> The Board, Consultative Members and Regional Directors of the IASS
> discussed the matter with our President Professor Kutumba Sastry and I may
> be allowed to quote him directly. Professor Sastry said:
>
>  "I signed the petition purely in my personal capacity and I did not
> mention any of my designations for that matter or identity. The text of the
> petition sent to me was slightly different than the one finally sent to Sri
> Narayana Murthy."
>
> I trust that the matter is now clarified. I thank Professor Kutumba Sastry
> Ji for his kind willingness to allow me to pass on the relevant section of
> his email to the IASS Board, etc.
>
> With best,
> yours sincerely,
> Jay Soni
> ______________
> Secretary General, International Association of Sanskrit Studies
> http://www.sanskritassociation.org/
>
>
> ----- Message from Walter Slaje <slaje at kabelmail.de> ---------
>    Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 09:01:59 +0100
>    From: Walter Slaje <slaje at kabelmail.de>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Against the petition against Prof. Pollock
>      To: Nityanand Misra <nmisra at gmail.com>
>      Cc: Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com>, Indology <
> indology at list.indology.info>
>
>
> ​ ​
>> Dear List,
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> it might be of some relevance to the community of Indologists that among
>>> the prominent signatories of the Pollock removal petition Prof. V.
>>> Kutumba Sastry ranks fifth on top of the list:
>>>
>>
>
>>> https://www.change.org/p/mr-n-r-narayana-murthy-and-mr-rohan-narayan-murty-removal-of-prof-sheldon-pollock-as-mentor-and-chief-editor-of-murty-classical-library
>>>
>>
> That Prof. Kutumba Sastry signed this petition in his capacity of the
>>> „President,
>>> International Association of Sanskrit Studies” (IASS), has meanwhile
>>> attracted the attention of also the media, who specifically single out
>>> his
>>> name and function:
>>>
>>
>
>>> http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/murty-library-editor-petition-wants-us-scholar-removed-cites-jnu-remarks/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/03/01/sheldon-pollock-murty-lib_n_9345928.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In terms of Indological research, it is perhaps of no little significance
>>> that the President of the IASS - a leading organization carrying
>>> “International” as part of their name and arranging the "World Sanskrit
>>> Conference" on a regular basis - publicly supports the text of the
>>> debated
>>> petition in full and demands, among others, “Make in India” ethics and
>>> “Swadeshi Indology” in contexts of research and academic publications
>>> guidelines. Trying to be “international” and “swadeshi” at the same time
>>> clearly equals a contradiction in terms.
>>>
>>
>
>>> The IASS ought to state their position in this matter by clarifying if,
>>> in
>>> promoting nationalist ideas of Indological research, their president is
>>> acting on their behalf:
>>>
>>> http://www.sanskritassociation.org/board-members.php
>>>
>>>
> Thanks and regards,
>>>
>>> WS
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -----------------------------
>> Prof. Dr. Walter Slaje
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>> D-99425 Weimar
>> Deutschland
>>
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>> sed quo magis veritas propagetur et lux eius, qua salus
>> humani generis continetur, clarius effulgeat.
>> Vindobonae, die XXI. mensis Novembris MCMLXXXIII. ​
>>
>> ​
>>>
>>>
>
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