Dear Friends and Colleagues, I have created this simple petition. Someone suggested that addressing it to Harper Collins would be more effective, since they have something at stake, whereas the author will likely not admit any wrongdoing. If anyone has suggestions for improving the petition or revamping it, they would be welcome as this is the first time I have made a petition on change.org. I hope this helps the effort. Best, भवदीयः,J

https://www.change.org/p/harper-collins-india-in-view-of-the-widespread-plagiarism-found-in-rajiv-malhotra-s-book-indra-s-net-published-by-harper-collins-india-we-call-on-the-publisher-to-make-a-formal-public-apology-and-to-withdraw-the-book-from-the-market?recruiter=5167386&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 1:33 PM, D N Jha <jdnarayan@gmail.com> wrote:

Why not to both Rajiv Malhotra and his publisher?

D N Jha

Former Professor of History

University of Delhi

On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Jesse Knutson <jknutson@hawaii.edu> wrote:

Thanks for sharing this Audrey. I feel we should launch some kind of petition and express a collective condemnation. This is so totally unacceptable that we have to respond as a scholarly community. 

I am not sure whether it would be more effective to address the petition to Malhotra himself, demanding that he admit his guilt and apologize, or would it be more worthwhile to address it to the publishers in question?  

Best,J

On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 3:16 AM, Audrey Truschke <audrey.truschke@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

List members may be interested in the growing story of alleged plagiarism of several scholars, including a list member, by Rajiv Malhotra. The story has been largely developing on twitter (#message4rajiv). Also see the nice summary on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hinduism/comments/3c8quf/confirmed_widespread_plagiarism_found_in_hindu/

Audrey Truschke
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Religious Studies

Stanford University

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