Comments on: Stray Thoughts on Indology: Part 1

By: Colour in Indian Mythology : seriously sandeep

Colour in Indian Mythology : seriously sandeep — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:32:40 +0000

[...] The fundamental question to ask is this: how important was/is colour in ancient Indian thought, philosophy, mythology, and in general, literature. The answer: almost zero. And two, when analyzing questions like this, it is important–as I mentioned in several earlier posts–to take a holistic view rather than a reductionist/narrow view of the issue. And this includes at least a working knowledge of Sanskrit. Let’s see why this is important as we go on. [...]

By: The State of Indology | seriously sandeep

The State of Indology | seriously sandeep — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:16:20 +0000

[...] Recall my series on Indology? Dr. N.S. Rajaram throws more light on the pathetic state of this discipline, which is all but extinct in the Western academia. [...]

By: Jagadish N.Singh

Jagadish N.Singh — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:11:17 +0000

some time back i read a book on Hinduism by Nirad c Choudhary.He had all quotations from europian writers.he has not read any original sanskrit books not even that of indian writers in english language.just after reading some pages and bibliography i tossed the book away.he has all his writings just to please the english people by negating all that is indian.
similarly as you have argued all european writers had only motive to degrade all that is indian and hinduand to loud chritanity.muslims here came and destroyed the libraries and temples where old manuscripts were stored.

By: Vikrant

Vikrant — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:53:42 +0000

Wikipedia is not a centralised orgnaisation. It is maintained by hundreds of thousands of hobbyists. Unfortunately Indian history related articles are dominated by Witzel worshipping administrators like ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dab ) and ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zora ) who insist on on sticking to Indologist viewpoints. See my article for Pickled Politics

http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/395

By: Vikrant

Vikrant — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:52:25 +0000

I donâ€™t imply that Wikipedia has indulged in stereotyping but simply took the entry as an example of an academic discipline gone horribly haywire.

http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/395

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:38:30 +0000

JK,

Indeed, that the entire Indology smacks of the conversion agenda is evident. Wait for my part 2. I suspected it but I haven’t read that article. Thanks.

By: JK

JK — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:09:27 +0000

Good article, Sandeep. The conversion agenda as the motivation for Indology has not often been told. I don’t know if you have seen this

http://www.sabha.info/research/aif.html

By: Desicritics.org: Media, Culture, Politics, Sports and More with a South Asian Focus

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

question to ask is this: how important was/is colour in ancient Indian thought, philosophy, mythology, and in general, literature? The answer: almost zero. And two, when analyzing questions like this, it is important–as I mentioned in several earlier posts–to take a holistic view rather than a reductionist/narrow view of the issue. And this includes at least a working knowledge of Sanskrit. Let’s see why this is important as we go on. The concept of associating colour with specific human traits such as