Alas so much of the sheer idiocy here on the subcontinent is spawned in the petri dish of "Swadeshi Indology" and now "Indian Knowledge Systems". IIT-Madras was first and now IIT-Kharagpur joins the rush towards "tamas". 

Yours,

AV. 


  

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 1:31 PM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Thanks for sharing this.  It’s truly dismaying to see the world’s “two greatest democracies “ — India and the US — submerged by floods of sheer idiocy. 

Matthew Kapstein 
EPHE, Paris 

From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of Periannan Chandrasekaran via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
Sent: Monday, January 3, 2022 9:59:55 PM
To: indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: [INDOLOGY] "The Age of the Unicorn, Brought to You by IIT Kharagpur"
 

 
[FYI: this is related to these other recent developments from the same institute on the same topic:

==Excerpts====
  • The unicorn as a symbol of a Vedic rishi is among the four “decisive evidences” the sages of IIT Kharagpur have presented in a 2022 calendar, whose stated purpose is to rebut the “Aryan invasion myth”.
  • The calendar has been produced under the auspices of the newly inaugurated Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems at IIT Kharagpur, headed by Prof. Joy Sen.
  • Even though this calendar has thrust IIT Kharagpur into the news, the so-called “Indian Knowledge Systems” already have a home in IIT Gandhinagar, and IIT Kanpur may be next in line.
  • ==========
Regards
Periannan Chandrasekaran

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