Dear colleagues,

I too agree that the Murty Classical Library of India is a valuable book series and its discontinuation would be a loss to Indology. I would be happy to sign a letter to that effect. 

I would in no circumstances sign a letter censuring someone without having heard the accused person's side of the story. It is a fundamental principle of law: `audi alteram partem' (`let the other side be heard').

Cordially yours,

Brendan Gillon

This is a stain on Professor Parimal Patil and on Harvard University. I do hope the Provost of Harvard will set the matter right.

Asko Parpola, Professor Emeritus of South Asian Studies, University of Helsinki

On 4. Mar 2024, at 20.58, Robert P. GOLDMAN via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

This is deeply disturbing although, alas, hardly surprising. It reflects, no doubt ,political interference with this groundbreaking and outstanding scholarly series. List members should add their voices to those of  the  former members of the editorial board.

Dr. R.P. Goldman

William and Catherine Magistretti Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus

and

Joint Editor of the South Asia Across the Disciplines  Publication Series

Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies 

Berkeley, CA 94720-2540

On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:29 AM, Archana Venkatesan via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Respected Colleagues,

With apologies for cross-posting, please see the attached communication from the former editors of the Murty Classical Library of India. 

Archana

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"When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation."  Jorge Luis Borges
                                        
Archana Venkatesan (archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Advisor, Graduate Program in the Study of Religion (2022-2024)

Professor, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature

Phone: 530-754-2821 (Office) 

<Statement regarding the Murty Classical Library of India.pdf>

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