Attention, Colleagues on Indology: 

Rohan Murty, founder of the Murty Classical library of India, sets the record straight -- General Editor (and Founding Editor) Pollock to stay, and the MCLI to continue unhindered, as planned:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/rohan-murty-says-american-indologist-sheldon-pollock-to-stay/articleshow/51231553.cms

A fitting rebuttal of the Hindu Right, and a tribute to Sheldon Pollock, by his student, colleague and Columbia University historian by Manan Ahmed:

http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/why_sheldon_pollock.html

And a counter-petition by a different group of scholars:

https://www.change.org/p/mr-rohan-narayan-murty-rebuttal-to-removal-of-sheldon-pollock-as-mentor-chief-editor-of-murty-classical-library

Additional coverage of this issue may be found in The Washington Post, The Wire.in, The Telegraph Calcutta, The Indian Express, Scroll.in, and a number of other publications. 

AV. 

 

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