Dear List,


My name is Patrick. I'm a first-year Phd candidate at The ANU, Australia. My focus is sociolinguistics. I'm interested in identifying Sanskritic nodes of power within a Sanskrit speaking community in southern Gujarat; the resultant valency patterns of truth/knowledge; the functions of Sanskrit during transactions of capital (economic-social-religious), and Sanskrit's relationship to processes of legitimation of authority, contestation of space and cultural reproduction. I'm also interested in the broader processes/discourses of interdependency between this community and the local region/state. 

I have just returned from the Indian High Commission in Canberra. Mr Kumar wants to give me a student research visa, however, he requires a Certificate of Affiliation from a UGC recognised college/university.

I have had no luck obtaining such a certificate. All of my emails to academics at Indian universities have remained unanswered.

 I hope that someone on this list may be able to assist me?

I look forward to hearing from you. I have attached my CV.

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All the best,

Patrick McCartney 

PhD Candidate - Anthropology
School of Culture, History & Language
College of the Asia-Pacific
Rm 4.30 Baldessin Precinct Building
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia, 0200

skype - psdmccartney
W- +61 2 6125 4323

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