Seen from this perspective, hinduism defies being pigeon holed. Time for a diagnostic test on rajiv malhotras books richard fox young. Upset about rajiv malhotras plagiarism, even more upset. The trigger was the discovery that seven passages in malhotras work, mainly in his book indras net, had been lifted verbatim from unacknowledged work by others, chiefly andrew nicholsons book unifying hinduism. Sri nirmalanandanath swamy talk about rajiv malhotra book indras net 1 19 14 duration. Now for rajiv malhotras claim he is being misrepresented. Defending hinduisms philosophical unity is a 2014 book by rajiv malhotra, an indianamerican author, philanthropist and public speaker. What do you think about rajiv malhotra and his work. Rajiv malhotra, a hindu disapora intellectual who has tried to reverse the gaze from east to west and take on american academicians on their portrayal of indic culture and hinduism, is the target of an attack using. It is fashionable among many intellectuals to parrot that dharma traditions lacked any semblance of unity before the british period, and that the contours of contemporary hinduism were bequeathed to us by our colonial masters. Rajiv malhotra, author and hindu intellectual, is the man who developed the breaking india theory in his eponymous 2011 book. In his recently published book, indras net, author rajiv malhotra describes. Rajiv malhotra, the author of breaking india and indras net, interviews dr.
Stephens college in delhi and went for postgraduate studies in physics and then computer science to the usa. An introduction to indras net by shri rajiv malhotra embed for hosted blogs and item tags. Malhotra has written prolifically in opposition to the academic study of indian history and society, especially hinduism, as it is conducted by scholars and university faculty of the west, which, he maintains, undermines the interests. Rajiv malhotra born 15 september 1950 is an indianamerican author who, after a career in the computer and telecom industries, took early retirement in 1995 to set up the infinity foundation, which focuses on indic studies, and also funds projects such as columbia universitys project to translate the tibetan buddhist tengyur apart from the foundation, malhotra promotes a nonwestern view. Vivek agnihotri, the filmmaker who courted controversy because of his book urban. Requesting publishers of rajiv malhotra not to yield to mafia pressure tactics that seek to threaten intellectual freedom. Rajiv malhotra inspired the idea of swadeshi indology conference. Battle for sanskrit by sri rajiv malhotra sage of kanchi. Rajiv malhotra ji philanthropist, scholar of hinduism, social activist and public speaker. This book articulates hindu dharmas multidimensional, holographic understanding of reality. But more important than these allegations are the core ideas he presents in the book.
Seen from this perspective, hinduism defies pigeonholing into. Seen from this perspective, hinduism defies being pigeonholed. Last name is acceptable, and full name when needed for disambiguation. Invading the sacred, breaking india, being different and indras net. Arun shouries amazing speech at the launch of book indra s net. Rajiv malhotra speech about his book breaking india in houston seminar full duration.
Talk on his the book indras net by rajiv malhotra in bangalore duration. Indras net symbolizes the universe as a web of connections and interdependencies among all its members, wherein every member is both a. The one specific instance that nicholson catalogs is a reference to a twosentence excerpt of p. This is a must read for all students of comparative religion and for those who want to truly understand hinduism, and more importantly to defend. Subramaniam swamys speech effective evaluations epbm epbm 18 fiction gaurav sharma.
Talk on his the book indras net by rajiv malhotra in bangalore. Born in 1950, rajiv malhotra is a world renowned researcher, writer, speaker and public intellectual on current affairs as they relate to civilizations, crosscultural encounters, religion and science. Their case is built on exaggerating a few minor copyediting oversights in order to undermine the enormous. What is vulnerable is the state of knowledge or ignorance of human beings, especially our youth, who are being exposed to so many falsehoods.
Time for a diagnostic test on rajiv malhotras books. Rajiv malhotras lecture on swadeshi indology at ignca, new delhi part 1. For example, cambridge university established a prize named for an essay competition on the topic. Apart from the numerous articles in internet blog sites such as sulekha and huffington post, rajiv malhotra has written four best seller books. The accusation is that in nine different instances in indras net, i should have cited a certain book by andrew nicholson. Defending hinduisms philosophical unity is a perfect sequel to being different. Naidu chandrababu naidus work for ap chandrababu naidu and nda current affairs dharmendra pradhan dr. The rajiv malhotra controversy and the connection to hindu studies. The left and right have swapped traditional positions in. Indras net is the most researched and valuable book of my collection on hinduism. Rajiv malhotras book indras net has be criticised by some for failing to provide adequate attribution for some ideas. Rajiv malhotra born 15 september 1950 is an indianamerican author who, after a career in the computer and telecom industries, took early retirement in 1995 to set up the. The first ever swadeshi indology conference was held at iit, chennai from july 6.
This book invokes indras net to articulate the open architecture, unity and continuity of hinduism. Defending hinduisms philosophical unity provides a foundation for theories that slander contemporary hinduism as illegitimate, ascribing sinister motives to its existence, and characterizing its fabric as oppressive. These set of videos cover my public talk on my book indra s net in bangalore. Their petition rests on a false and baseless allegation of plagiarism in his earlier book, indras net.
Who is rajiv malhotra and what is the hype about the battle for sanskrit. I have read his book indras net and currently reading battle for sanskrit. Rajiv malhotra is an internationally known researcher, writer, speaker and public intellectual on current affairs as they relate to civilizations, crosscultural encounters, religion. Rajiv malhotra offers a detailed, systematic rejoinder to such views, and articulates the multidimensional. Talk on his the book indras net by rajiv malhotra in. The left and right have swapped traditional positions in the rajiv malhotra plagiarism row. On page 201 of my book, i actually predict that my words will be taken out. Rajiv s lecture on strategic positioning of his 4 books. Rajivs lecture on strategic positioning of his 4 books. This book offers a detailed, systematic rejoinder to such views, and articulates hindu dharmas multidimensional, holographic understanding of reality.
The intellectual pugilist indras net by rajiv malhotra, harper collins publishers india, 2014 by khandavalli satya deva prasad the. Books, breaking india rajiv malhotra embed for hosted blogs and item tags. Malhotra elides such differences, as his project in indras net is to homogenise and dehistoricise hindu philosophy. An excellent and succinct speech by rajiv malhotra on the eve of the, bakshi tweeted.
Now for rajiv malhotras claim he is being misrepresented by me as an enemy of free speech. These set of videos cover my public talk on my book indras net in bangalore. I guarantee that you will lose sleep for at least three days. Untangling the false knots in rajiv malhotras indras net swarajya. It was transmitted via buddhisms avatamsaka sutra into western thought, where it now resides at the heart of postmodern discourse. It is therefore also possible for rajiv malhotra to accomplish. Originating in the atharva veda, the concept of indras net is a powerful metaphor for this interrelatedness. Hindus are wrongly described as assuming that i am a sympathetic voice. Indras net is a metaphor for the profound cosmology. Indras net rajiv malhotra hardcover harpercollins publishers. Originating in the atharva veda, the concept of indra s net is a powerful metaphor for this interrelatedness. Indras net 2014 a classical concept in hinduism has been that a true proposition has to be consistent with sruti, yukti reasonlogic and anubhava. Originating in the atharva veda, the concept of indras net is a powerful metaphor for interconnectedness.
It is a primer on how looking at hinduism through a western lens is inadequate and flawed. Arun shouries lecture on rajiv malhotras book indras net. The best means of civilizing the subjects of the british empire in india, and of diffusing the light of the christian religion throughout the eastern world. But, in any case, this is english wikipedia, and we should follow the rules of polite speech in english. This book is recommended by me, everyone who has interested to know deep culture of adavita vedanta and swami vivekananda. In his recently published book, indras net, author rajiv malhotra describes professor anantanand rambachan as the foremost and most influential exponent of what malhotra describes as the neo. Buy indras net book online at low prices in india indra.
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Arun shouries amazing speech at the launch of book indra s net kshatriya dharma. Untangling the false knots in rajiv malhotras indras net. The book indras net engages the reader to understand the nuanced details of these two schools of thoughts. Malhotra has written prolifically in opposition to the academic study of indian history and society, especially hinduism, as it is conducted by scholars and university faculty of the west, which, he maintains. Rajiv malhotras lecture on swadeshi indology at ignca. It is fashionable among intellectuals to assert that dharma traditions lacked. Lessons from the rajiv malhotra affair indiafactsindiafacts. See the newest novels, discuss with other book lovers, buy romance books. The rajiv malhotra controversy and the connection to hindu. Indras net defending hinduisms philosophical unity book by rajiv malhotra published by harper collins, india, 2014. Malhotra seems to have missed the part of my book where i say that unifying hinduism is a process, not an entity, and then go on to.
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