Forum member's experience as a Hindu professor in a Christian college in TN

A newly inducted member to the discussion group had a very heart breaking story to relate regarding her experiences as a Hindu professor of English in a Christian college in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

We reproduce here her exact words.

1. As a Prof of English in a Catholic College experienced innumerable verbal attacks, gestures of disapproval and arrogant remarks from colleagues: a. Human Rights class open attack on Brahmins - "Brahmins only used to molest Dalits."

2. When I had a chat on Whats app with my student - a journalist currently with Indian Express - I criticized her for using the term "saffron bulls" and I told her not to denigrate that noble term which symbolizes sacrifice. I referred to noble works of Swami Vivekananda. From an unknown activist I had wordy dual who condemned Swami Vivekananda as Castetist and he said he too had done nothing for the Dalits. I had to argue through the night. I showed him how DMK has done only ethnic cleansing of the Brahmins and not improved the situation of the Dalits. But he was not convinced. 

 
3. I had an opportunity to get a Dalit girl married in my own house (to avoid a critical situation about 8 months back.) I had priest in my house (a Catholic priest who was not happy about the turn of events for my gesture broke their myth of Brahmin brutality against the Dalits) But openly he abused the Hindu gods and our faith. (Whom are you going to see when you reach Heaven. Your religion confuses you with so many Gods).

4. I happened to wear the label Brahmin and though I achieved a great deal in college there was always a step motherly treatment. I was denied FIP . ( I had to pursue my Ph.D without any leave benefits. I had to exhaust all my personal leave.)

5. I have received threat calls in college. When I mentioned the term Taliban (an announcement in the The Hindu- about 25 years back) I had an anonymous call threatening me. (At that time the nuns had to awareness- I am still waiting to talk to that nun - for recently 60 odd Christians were killed in Pakistan during Easter by Taliban.)

6. Conversion into Christianity is rampant as Sri Rajivji has pointed out now it is the Pentecosts. My own Prof. of Tamil has been hounding a Brahmin Prof (both retired) with constant e mailing saying that she would not reach Heaven if does not become a Christian.

7. I read the Scriptures daily. so they have branded that I am R.S.S. and a Hindutva. Only a Christian and a Muslim has the right in India to be religious. If I defend Hinduism I have always been under attack.

I saved my maid a refugee from Sri Lanka from being converted.Her family went through horrible pressure from a local Christian group.

8. I hear that they woo the people with newer and newer techniques. Especially lower class in the villages. Vegetables are given on Sundays.

I can go on. I used to be so badly treated that in 2006 I had a psychological and neurological disorder. I did not wish to continue there. But when they sensed that my leaving the institution would lead to criticism (for I am a popular teacher a favourite among students) they begged me to come back.

I have medical records and service records to prove that one whole year I was going through depression. I could not go to any Human rights org. 

 
The funniest thing is they would easily advice me to forgive. The tactics is they would bring the Bible and say forgive.

I am an African American and American studies scholar. I know all about AF/Am litt. Now there is a huge attempt to create a non existent Dalit literature, The voice is Ms. Meena Kandasamy. She has declared that she has embraced "Dalit" ism I wonder what she means by it. The African Americans have been pouring out their misery ever since they set foot on American soil in the 17 the century. I do not understand how on earth they can achieve a manufactured literature in a short period. I read Kanch Illiya's poem attacking the Brahmins.

I feel a systematic, serious confrontation of all these charges with facts must be done soon enough.

Almost all the U.G.C. sponsored conferences have been pro - Dalit and Brahmin bashing only I have been attending many.

Thanks for your time. If I need to elaborate on any of the experiences I am willing to.

I tried introducing Yoga in the campus about five years back with the help of a Hindu called Yoga master Subramanian.

But last year "Mindful Meditation" was introduced by a Priest much to the disappointment of Christians themselves and they laughed at it calling Mindless meditation. The first thing the students were asked to buy was a pillow.

Last year 2015 I was forced to organize a National Conference on Human Rights Issues in Literature and Sociology. Please follow the activities of a person called Dr. Balakrishnan of Roots - a NGO - I am sure a Christian group is supporting him.

During the Key note address he attacked Hindu belief systems and mocked at the idea of going to temples. As I am heading the Dept. I could not openly accuse him. But I boycotted the publication of papers. He calls himself Academic Event manager. Conducts a lot of programmes for the youth. He is a vocal Anti Brahmin advocate and so he along with five members including the so called Brahmin principal called Dr. Murali were chucked out of the local college called The Madura College. You could verify info.

More specifically He is part of the Brahmin versus Dalit Narrative -- Breaking India force.

But Roots is doing academic programme focusing on Dalits and I am sure it a Breaking India racket. You could probe. This org. is in Madurai. It is a one man army with support from a Christian called Periera. (Not sure of the spelling.) They have a press called Shanlax. Almost all the papers are eulogizing the works by Bama a Dalit writer who is compared with African American Writers. I get angry by these comparative studies. But I am always at a loss.

I have guided Ph.D scholars in this area and still have about 9 students. I can never support the argument that Dalits suffered like the African American slaves. By the way I have been part of the U.S. State sponsored International Visitor's Program.. Met writers like James Alan Mc Pherson.

I live in an area called Vel Murugan Nagar. There is a priest called Dudley Thangiah in this area who is well known for conversion. Now it is all a stealthy deal. He does not rechristen them. They believers have Hindu names but attend church. What he does is one influential member in the family is converted and the rest are swept in.

I see a New Prayer Tower in Nehru Nagar an adjacent colony. I shall get more details. Madurai is full of prayer houses not formal churches where Dalit conversions are rampant.
The caste politics is another reason for conversion.

My Nadar friend tells me her entire family is broken to pieces because of conversion. They are owners of Flour mill called Mayil Brand. Excepting the eldest son's family all are converted. Conversion and breaking of Hindu families in Virudhunagar has been going on for 3 to 4 decades now.

Now Southern Tamil Nadu - Ramnad belt is fully Muslim area. Illaiangudi and surrounding areas mini Pakistan. Tanjore Kumbakonam Muslim concentration. Kanyakumari Thirunelvelli are all Christian belts. Now Madurai is infested with Evangelical movements.

There is British priest working near Nagamalai Pudhukptai doing conversion. Pentecosts openly declare that they can make a living doing Evangelical work. Money is pumped in from the West for sure.

There are open attacks on Ramayan in colleges like Lady Doak where priest come and give lectures on these Scriptures mocking them.

There is Church called First Assemble of God and there is more recent one on Vaigai river bed near Fatima college (Dindigul Road) an org. from Ceylon doing a lot of Conversions.

Please appoint someone to enter into these churches and record their sermons.

In Dhargas there is an open order that none should stop with a single child. Must have 5 or 4 children. But Shakshi Maharaj of U.P. was heavily criticized by the media NDTV is vocal in supporting Muslims and Christians. That one channel is enough to Break India.

All their programs are attacking Modi. Similarly The Hindu is another Anti Hindu paper which exaggerates anything against the Minorities and no violence against Majority community ever gets reported.

There must be a Ban on Conversion soon. And derecognize all those who got converted in the last ten years.

A limited assessment of and response to some statements of Professor Tyler Williams

This blog initially appeared here and is penned by Megh Kalyanasundaram

On 2016 April 15, in a talk at Columbia University by Shri Rajiv Malhotra, a member of the audience, introduced himself as “…Tyler Williams…I am a Professor of Hindi and Urdu, I also teach a bit of Sanskrit, bit of Persian, I also teach about Bhakti, teach about Indian religion…” (Video time stamp (VTS): 54:29-54:37) and  curiously, chose not include in his introduction, the name of the university he taught at.

In what was meant to be a question, Tyler Williams (TW) made a few statements, which can be called misrepresentations and/or allegations. This short piece highlights 2 such statements (in italicised-blue below) and evidence from Shri Malhotra’s scholarship as to why these statements can be called misrepresentations.

Tyler Williams’ (wilful or otherwise) Misrepresentation #1: ‘Insiders and Outsiders’ related

Tyler Williams said (VTS 56:04-56:10)) “…the schema that you have given, that I am outsider and they are an insider, the white students are outsiders…“ 

Evidence (from RM’s scholarship) on why TW’s statement is a misrepresentation:

Evidence 1:

I also wish to clarify that I do not consider all Western scholars as ‘outsiders’, nor all Indians or Hindus as ‘insiders’. These are provisional terms to get the conversation started. My suggestion to the reader is that s/he should first read the Conclusion chapter that concisely articulates the final takeaway message of this book. It lists a set of debates I want between the insiders and outsiders on a range of issues raised in this book.  (Source: Rajiv Malhotra, The Battle for Sanskrit, Introduction, Hard Copy version Page 28, Kindle Location 508-518) 

Evidence 2:

My book frames these issues in terms of two opposing lenses: the lens of insiders, who are those with loyalty to the Vedic worldview, and lens of outsiders, who are those who dismiss (or at least marginalize) the Vedas and look at the Sanskrit texts primarily through Marxist and postmodernist theories of social oppression and political domination.

Adopting the insider perspective, my main objections to Pollock and other outsiders concern the following methods and views:

•The methodological separation between the secular and the sacred in studying Sanskrit tradition;

•The claim that racial and ethnic oppression, class discrimination and gender bias are intrinsic to Sanskrit and its conceptual matrix in the Vedas;

•The side-lining of the oral tradition as a dynamic part of Indian history and thought;

•The politicizing of the genre of kavya;

•The outright dismissal of the positive value of shastra;

•The insistence on a dramatic split between Sanskrit and the vernaculars;

•The determination to show maximum split between Hinduism and Buddhism;The distortion of the Ramayana as socially abusive and as harbouring anti-Muslim rabble rousing (Source: Rajiv Malhotra’s blog Insiders Vs Outsiders: Who speaks for our heritage?) 

Tyler Williams’ (wilful or otherwise) Misrepresentation #2: ‘Dalits’ related

Tyler Williams said (VTS 56:04-56:10) “…the idea that Dalits are outsiders to the Hindu community…” (Video time stamp 56:13-56:16)

Evidence (from RM’s scholarship) on why TW’s statement is a misrepresentation:

Evidence 1:

In 4 of out 5 books which Shri Rajiv Malhotra has authored, the string ‘Dalit’ appears over 533 times (book-wise detail included below).

Book	Number of occurrences of the string ‘Dalit’ occurs, as part of the word ‘Dalits’ or as stand-alone word	Kindle version location number
The Battle for Sanskrit (Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive?)	20	456, 1143, 1211, 1258, 2241, 2250, 2273, 2334, 2702, 2711, 2892 3560, 3685, 4479, 4605, 4785, 5550, 6104, 8046
Breaking India (Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines)	> 500; The word ‘Dalits’ appears 152 times	Too many to list
Indira’s Net (Defending Hinduism’s philosophical unity)	10	659, 894, 2316 (twice), 2566, 2619, 4500, 6436, 6530, 6801
Being Different (An Indian challenge to Western Universalism)	3	6296, 6298, 6301

Where exactly, in any of these 533+ locations  specified above (or for that matter anywhere else) has Shri Malhotra, propagated the idea “…Dalits are outsiders to the Hindu community…” as alleged by Tyler Williams?

How can anyone who has actually read Breaking India (which has the word Dalit in its title sub-text: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines) and Indra’s Net, logically allege that Mr. Malhotra considers Dalits are outsiders to the Hindu community?

Evidence 2:

In fact, the opposite of Tyler Williams (Dalit-related) allegation is perhaps closer to the truth, evidenced by Mr. Malhotra’s thesis (in his words) pitted against the ‘Neo Hinduism’ thesis, from the book Indra’s Net (Defending Hinduism’s philosophical unity).

From Indra’s Net->Part 1 PURVA PAKSHA->Summary of both sides of debate->Tabulation (9 of 10)
Neo-Hinduism	Contemporary Hinduism (My thesis)
Hinduism is inherently oppressive of minorities such as Muslims, Christians, Dalits and women. It forces others into its own homogeneity for gaining political control. Hindutva is its later incarnation and its goal has been to impose homogeneity	Contemporary Hinduism renews the coherence and unity of diverse Indian traditions. It does not harm their diversity, and has, in fact, the most open architecture among the main faiths of the world. Its lack of historical absolutes (in the sense of Abrahamic religions) accounts for these extraordinary qualities)
	‘My thesis’ above refers to Rajiv Malhotra’s thesis

Of course, the above misrepresentations could have been reconciled to atleast some extent had Tyler Williams said he had not read Shri Rajiv Malhotra’s books. One could perhaps then rationalise and allow for a benefit of doubt about Tyler Williams position (and/or complicity in furthering a separatist propaganda) in view of not having read Mr. Malhotra’s scholarship.

However, does Tyler Williams allow room for such a benefit of doubt to be extended given his:

> claim “…I have read your book” (VTS 56:46-47; 58:18-23) and yet misrepresenting (evidence provided above), all this despite being a “Professor”, of whom the expectation of correctness , atleast in the academic way of referencing, would normally be higher than a lay man?

&

> false (implied) allegation that Shri Rajiv Malhotra may tarnish TW’s name like that of he did of TW’s colleagues (VTS 54:44-54:47), while what he actually did could be construed as attempting to tarnish Shri Malhotra’s name, by bringing up plagiarism allegations, which have been comprehensively addressed at various levels, including clarification between related publishers.

(To read a comprehensive analysis of the plagiarism allegations, refer here: https://traditionresponds.wordpress.com; To extend your support to Rajiv Malhotra, sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/publishers-of-rajiv-malhotra-s-books-do-not-yield-to-mafia-pressure-tactics-that-seek-to-compromise-intellectual-freedom)

Dr. Naveen Chandra's letter to Ananya Vajpeyi in response to her comments on TBFS

Dear Ananya Vajpeyi  Ph. D.

I looked at your letter making three points.

1.       You request support to JNU in its present predicament.

2.       You allude to Rajiv Malhotra’s plagiarism.

3.       You praise Sheldon Pollock’s scholarship.

While I expected a more profound analysis of The Battle For Sanskrit from a Ph. D. degree holder  like you or at least a rebuttal  of the statements attributed to Sheldon Pollock on Sanskrit and Brahmins,  especially considering that you are his student, I will settle down for the mediocre emission, and  I take it then that TBFS represents your guru’s stance on the crucial subjects of Sanskrit and Brahmins, let me proceed  with my own, a physicist’s,  consideration of what lurches in the minds of the hate mongers. I also include a Sanskrit poem at the end which your guru can get translated into English by one of the Indian slaves he employs. Stop stereotyping people, a despicable exercise of the West, and be original true to your sampradaya.

1.  56 Professors of Madras IIT said "We support intellectual freedom, and alternative views are a must for democracy and creativity. However, there is a deep distortion of the meaning of academic freedom.”

They have requested the President to take steps for saving educational institutions from the "scholarship of abuse, hate and discord" and restoring the atmosphere of sobriety, reflection and harmony necessary for genuine scholarship, Shreepad Karmalkar, a professor and one of the signatories, said in a statement.  In view of this statement I can’t support JNU as requested by you.

 2.  I have thoroughly examined the evidence on Rajiv Malhotra’s alleged plagiarism, and have written three articles on the subject.  Please read them.

3.  Sheldon Pollock’s Scholarship:  All scholars make evidence based statements. Contrarily, if any person makes statements and does not provide evidence, that person cannot claim to be a scholar.

·         Pollock says a king patronized Valmiki. Can he provide the name of that king? Does Valmiki say in Ramayana anything about a patron king? How was the first Hindu poem written? One morning on the banks of Ganga Valmiki saw a couple of cranes mating, but the very next instant the male bird died, hit by an arrow.  He became angry and was overcome with grief.  He looked around to find out who had shot the bird. He saw a hunter with a bow and arrows, nearby. Valmiki became very angry.  His lips opened and he cried out,

मां निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः।

यत्क्रौंचमिथुनादेकम् अवधीः काममोहितम्॥'

mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṁ tvamagamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

yat krauñcamithunādekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam

You will find no rest for the long years of Eternity

For you killed a bird in love and unsuspecting.

This was the first Hindu verse, and the first Sanskrit verse. The natural chandassu was Anustup which he used for Ramayana rachana inspired by Brahma and getting the story from Narada. Do you see a king here? Why is Sheldon Pollock distorting history saying there was one, without providing a name?

·         Mauryan Emperor Ashoka sent his daughter Sangamitra and son  Mahendra to Sri Lanka to propagate Budhdhism.  Muslim hordes invaded India to propagate their religion and culture. Christians from Europe came and occupied India.  Name one Hindu king who sent Armies or led an invasion on a foreign country to spread Sanskrit and Hinduism.

·         Muslims killed 18 million Hindus, majority of them Brahmins and the Christians killed 7 million in Bengal famine alone under Winston Churchill in 1943 in a manmade Holocaust. Can you name a Hindu king who did anything closely resembling these massacres of Hindus by Muslims and Christians?

·         Sheldon Pollock says all Hindu art and literature developed under kings. Let me mention three great poets in Telugu language who refused any patronage from kings - Potana, Tyagayya and Shyam Sastri.  Potana (1450-1510) wrote Mahabhagavata inspired by Rama and dedicated it to Rama even though he was a Shaivite. He wrote:

ఇమ్మనుజేశ్వరాధములకిచ్చి పురంబులు వాహనంబులున్

సొమ్ములు కొన్ని పుచ్చుకుని సొక్కి శరీరము  వాసి కాలుచే

సమ్మెట వేటులంబడక సన్మతి శ్రీహరి కిచ్చిచెప్పె ఈ

బమ్మెర పోతరాజొకండు భాగవతంబు జగధ్ధితంబుగన్.

Refusing to give in to the lowly king, this Bammera Potaraaju dedicated his Bhaagavatam to Sreehari.  Look at the word Potana (Potaraju) uses to describe the kings “LOWLY”. He went on to become one of the greatest Telugu Poets.

·         Tikkana the greatest Telugu poet dedicated his magnum opus Mahabharatam to Hariharanatha a deity he created from the words Hari (Vishnu) and Hara (Siva) to promote harmony among the followers of these two.

·         Thyagaraaju, another great Telugu poet refused patronage of any king, singing his songs in the temples of Rama and likewise another great Telugu poet, Shyama Sastri, sang in the Kanchi temple. Both of them joined Muttuswami Dikshitaar to become Carnatic Music Trinity.

·         Thus there are many Telugu poets who dedicated their works to their favourite deity and not to a king. How can Sheldon Pollock say that all Hindu literature was patronized by Kings and get away with a blatant lie?

·         Three great Telugu poets Nanne Choda, Vemana and Ramaraja Bhushana were non-Brahmins.

·         Sheldon Pollock says Sanskrit was a reserved area of Brahmins. The greatest Sanskrit poets Valmiki, Vyasa and Kalidasa were not Brahmins. Valmiki was a hunter, Vyasa  was the son a fisherwoman Satyavati and Kalidasa was not a Brahmin. Even if Valmiki mentioned he belonged to Bharadwaja clan, does it preclude him being the son of a hunter woman?

·         Marriages between Brahmins and non -Brahmins were common. Vashista the Brahmarishi par excellence married Arundhati, a Dalit Kanya.

·         Sheldon Pollock says the subject material of all kavyas was kings. Here again he fails to produce fool proof evidence. Mrichchakatika one of the best Sanskrit plays and definitely the best known in Europe, had a poor Brahmin, Charudatta, as hero and Vasantika, a courtesan as heroine. The other roles were from lower classes who spoke all languages like Prakrit in addition to Sanskrit in the play.  A disregard to Natya Sastra that frowned upon.  Krishna Karnamritam, another kavya did not choose a king for hero.

·         Even Ramayana’s Aranyakanda, Kishkindhakanda, Sundarakanda and Yuddhakanda deal with rakshasas, vanaras and birds, and have no mention of a single Brahmin. The Guru Vishwamitra was not a Brahmin.

·         The other great playwright of Sanskrit Bhasa chose themes involving common people, against the stipulations of Natya Sastra. Not always  were sastras  obeyed as Pollock would have us believe. In Telugu,  Palkurki Somanatha wrote in Dwipada Chandassu, a disrespect to Lakshanika Sastra.

·         A strange statement is attributed to Pollock that Muslims and British tried to rejuvenate Sanskrit and Brahmins refused. I lived in Telangana under Nizam for 21 years before I left for Canada. Nizam did not give a cent for the development of Telugu, the local language let alone Sanskrit. Everyone had to learn Urdu.  In Pakistan Sindhi, Punjabi, Pustu and Balochi are not spoken today because of the domination of Urdu, according to Tarek Fatah. That is how Muslims treated other Muslims in a Muslim country.  Imagine the atrocities Nizam committed in Telangana against Hindus - rapes, murders and looting. Telugu language is full of poems describing the Nizam’s atrocities.  Not only Telugu, but there are similar poems in Marathi and Kannada languages also, as they were under the Nizam’s rule as well. No Marx, or no Pollock can say those atrocities did not happen.

·         In one of his papers Pollock complains the prayoga (experiment) was not developed in India as much as sastra (theory).  He should know better.  Hindus were best in three areas - metallurgy, textiles and shipbuilding. Did they get to be the best without prayogas?

·         Madhva based his Dwaita sidhdhanta on Pratyaksha (प्रत्यक्ष – perception), Anumāna (अनुमान inference) and Śabda  (शब्द - relying on word), a rationalistic approach unheard of in the Abrahamic religions or even in dogmatic Marxism.

 

·         Calculus was developed in India 250 years before Leibnitz and Newton by the Kerala school as reported by a Manchester-Exeter universities team. The Kerala school developed the Pi series and used it to calculate Pi correct to 9, 10 and later 17 decimal places. It goes on to say “….. there is strong circumstantial evidence that Indians passed on their discoveries to mathematically savvy Jesuit missionaries who visited India during the 15th century. That knowledge, the researchers argue, may have been passed on to Newton.

·         So called Pythagoras theorem, Pascal’s Triangle and Diophantine equations were known to Vedic people long before they were to Europeans. Zero, infinity, negative numbers , age of the earth, age of the universe , shape of the earth as being round as opposed to Biblical version of a flat earth, and plastic surgery are some of the achievements of Hindus so pre-occupied with power,  prashasti according to Pollock.

·         The plastic surgery developed by Susruta was practiced by potters, not Brahmins.

·         Soldiers were non Brahmins who spoke Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali.

·         Thus Hindu intellectual achievements spanned a spectrum of areas from arts, science, mathematics, technology, medicine, surgery, governance, metaphysics, philosophy, literature and others where non Brahmins made significant contributions.

·         Certainly we didn’t have kings like Henry VIII or other syphilitic monarchs of Europe.  Europe introduced syphilis into every country they travelled.  A major genocide of First Nations people in North America happened from other diseases carried in blankets brought from Europe. Let Pollock deny this!

·         It seems Pollock has Hindu phobia and Sanskrit phobia. One wonders why?  Hindus opened their arms to all refugees including Jews, Syrian Christians, Parsis, Buddhists and even Muslims.  India, a Hindu country had one time in the recent past, a Muslim President (APJ Abdul Kalam), Sikh Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) and Christian Congress Party President (Sonia Gandhi) - all minorities.  Can Pollock show a religion like Hinduism that showed so much tolerance to minorities?  We know what Christians did in Canada, in America, in Mexico, in Chile, in Australia –  genocide of unbelievable proportions. Even today in Canada the rapes and killings of First Nations women, children and men continue unabated, sometimes at the hands of the police.  In the USA,  police and Euro-Americans kill African Americans routinely.  Did Hindus do anything like it? Why oh, why, does Pollock hate Sanskrit and Brahmins so much? I think I know the answer.  He is directing his anger toward Hitler onto Brahmins and Sanskrit. Hitler admired Sanskrit, he took Swastika as his symbol, he admired Aryans and then he killed so many Jews. So Pollock hates Hitler who liked Sanskrit – ergo in his little mind Pollock has to hate Brahmins and Sanskrit. However unreasonable it may sound.  I just want to remind Pollock that Leningrad is no more Leningrad - it is St. Petersburg once again.  USSR failed, communism failed. Will Frankfurt school be any better?  No. It won’t be.  Al l Western philosophies share one thing common with Monotheism, even the communists and Marxists - the belief that <MY WAY IS BETTER THAN YOURS.  I WILL GO TO ANY LENGTH TO DEFEND IT - EVEN KILLINGS ON MASS SCALE> Now let me tell you why Hinduism survived - it accepted everyone with love, patience and tolerance, qualities absent in the West and in the middle east and in the Abrahamic Religions. Let Pollock consider this awhile.

·         I will stop here and let you apply the theorem to Sheldon Pollock of not furnishing evidence for his statements.

Following Valmiki who addressed the Nishada cursing him with no rest for ever for killing the unsuspecting male crane in the process of maithunam, I send the following poem to Sheldon Pollock for being so uncharitable to Sanskrit and to Brahmins.

रामायण कविता नाटक (कल्पित रचना )
This is a work of fiction. Main characters in this poetic play are from Ramayana. Any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental. The author  wishes to acknowledge with profound thanks the editing done by Dr. Ratnakar Narale.
Naveen Chandra Ph. D.
पात्राणि : वसिष्ठः, सूत्रधारः, दशरथः, कौसल्या, उर्मिला, लक्ष्मणः, विश्वामित्रः, दूर्वासः, मशकासुरः (पेल्डोन् सोल्लक:),  दुर्गा माता
संध्याकाल:, कोलंबिया-विश्व-विद्यालयम्
पेल्डोन् सोल्लक: :
संस्कृतं मृतकलेवरम् ! संस्कृतं भ्रष्टम् ! 
संस्कृतं कृयति परिप्लव !
रामायणम् अशुच्यम् ! रामायणं अनृतम् !
रामकथा निर्वीर्या, रामायणं बहु दुष्टम् !
दुर्गा माता :
पापी! प्रलापी! त्वं प्रसारयसि रोगम् !
तव दौष्ट्यं भीषणं दण्डं अर्हति !
भवतु मशकासुरः  अवद्य नरकः!
खादसि अवकरं दूषितान्नं किं सदा !

वसिष्ठ उवाच :
शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् !
प्रसन्न वदनं ध्यायेत् सर्व विघ्नोपशन्तये !
सूत्रधारः :
पृथ्वीकम्पनं भवति ! श्यामम् धरति अम्बरं !
उत्तुङ्गतरङ्गांबोधिः ! झञ्झामारुतं प्राणीति !
स्फुटति अग्निपर्वते धूम्राच्छादनम् च अनलः !
किं कारणं दुश्शकुनाय? कृपया वदसि महन् !
वसिष्ठ उवाच :
क्षुद्रो गर्वोन्नतभाषः अपमानं करोति रामस्य
अगोत्रिकः दुर्भाग्यश्च, नूतन-यार्क-निवासी
मर्यादोल्लन्घनः परमपातकः
वदति अश्लीलान् शब्दान्, लिखति अनृतवाक्यानि
असन्दर्भेण प्रलापान् संदिग्धमेधां
वाचालतः अनिर्णयायान् सिद्धान्तान् च

दशरथ उवाच :
सः दुष्टः मशकासुरः राक्षसः वाचालः दंभी च
करोति वल्गनाः
भारतखण्डनं  च भञ्जनम्
अबद्धचरित्रसृजनम्
कपटपाण्डित्यम्
पाश्चात्यविषप्रसारणम्
संस्कृतमात्सर्यपूजनम्
वितण्डवादविराजनम्
गरलभुजङ्गदंशनम्
मशकासुरवर्तनमेव
कौसल्या उवाच :
न पश्यति रमणीयाम्
अत्यन्तसुन्दरां रामकथाम्
मूढो मूढं व्यभिचारम्
अनृतभाषां वदति
अनृतां रचनां लिखति
अनृतं वर्तनं करोति
उर्मिला उवाच :
सर्वं पापं तव जीवनम्
व्यर्थं व्यर्थं तव जीवनम्
निन्दसि मधुरं संस्कृतम्
निन्दसि पवित्रं संस्कृतम्
देववाणीं निन्दसि !
पापं भूयिष्ठं तव जीवनम्
नास्ति नास्ति मुक्तिः तव अन्ते
अस्तु अस्तु जीवन सर्वं नष्टम्
वृथा वृथा तव कपटज्ञानम्
लक्ष्मण उवाच :
रामायण कथा परमार्थिका
तव बुद्धि मन्दतानूह्या
तव कपाले अनाचराः !
तव मेधायाम् अनादरः !
तव कपाले निस्सन्ग्रहम् !
तव मेधायां निस्सन्धानम् !
हीनं हीनं तव जीवनम् !
पापं भूयिष्ठं तव जीविते !
करोषि  त्वं  मिथ्या अन्वेषणं तव दुर्भाग्यम् !
हे! मशकासुर ! तव पतनं निश्चितम् निश्चितम्!
लाञ्छनम्  ते धिक्! धिक् !!
पतनं तथ्यं तथ्यं तव पतनं तथ्यं तथ्यम् !
पतनं तथ्यं तथ्यम् !
विश्वामित्र उवाच :
न जानाति वाल्मीकं, व्यासम् !
न बोधति भासं, कालिदासम् !
डिम्भकः अधमः ! दंभाचार्यः! मन्दबुद्धिः !
वृथा ! वृथा ! तव जन्म तुच्छं ! तुच्छं !!
छद्मपाण्डित्यं परमदारुणम्!
पण्डितनटनं पापकारणम् !
पण्डितनटनं पापकारणम् !
पण्डितखण्डितः तव सिध्धान्तः तथ्यं तथ्यम् !
भवतु भवतु भवतु तव नाशः !
वृथा वृथा तव जीवनम् !
छद्मपाण्डित्यम् परमदारुणम्!
तथ्यं तथ्यं तव पतनम् !
दूर्वास उवाच :
आङ्लेयो न बोधति सुन्दरां कविताम् !
देवभाषायां प्रकाशितां सुन्दरां कविताम् !
तव कपालं मात्सर्यभरितं !
तव कपालं शिलासदृम् !
नास्ति नास्ति विश्लेषणं तव मस्तिष्के !
किं प्रयोजनम् मोहभरिताङ्ग्लेयस्य !
किं परमार्थं पाश्चात्यदुर्मार्गे !!! 
रावण उवाच :
विधिलिखितं दुर्भाग्यं ललाटे
मूढ अचार्याभ्येयः  शिरोमणिस्त्वम् !
मूर्खचात्रेभ्यायः  अधिपतिस्त्वम्  !
अज्ञानतिमिरे  निवाससिस्त्वम् ! 
तव पतनं तथ्यम्
तथ्यं तथ्यम्
समाप्तम्

A poem, रामायण कविता नाटक (कल्पित रचना), written by Dr. Nellutla Naveena Chandra, retired scientist and educator, author, freelance journalist and speaker. Copyright©2016 Dr. Nellutla Naveena Chandra. chandraalex@hotmail.com