If there was any branching out that was happening, from the original theme of Malhotra and his alleged plagiarism into general and broader issues of decolonization and reversed gaze and so on, it already happened at the beginning of the thread itself. Then response to that was also covering a broader theme of Indology, its nature, its reception among contemporary Indians, agreeing or not agreeing to use the method of Indology etc. 

I participated at that stage and limited my response only to the these general and broad issues. 

My response has no potential to or no objective of defending any plagiarism if committed by any person anywhere. 

For that matter, my posts as part of the threads that originated in the issue of Malhotra and his alleged plagiarism have no potential to or no objective of defending any plagiarism if committed by any person anywhere    

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