Marshall Mendonza brought to our notice an article titled Two
archaeologists have had a run-in with the law for their book on the Babri
masjid site, from the Times of India of October 10. The relevant url, as
provided by Marshall is:
Marshall Mendonza wrote:
I would rely more on persons like Romila Thapar,Irfan Habib, Bipin Chandra
and R S Sharma among others because they have decades of scholarship and
academic learning. Their work has been well researched, documented and peer
reviewed internationally.
My response:
Perhaps
While responding to my message, Charudatt Prabhudesai wrote on Mon, 1 Nov
2010:
I say: Our propensity towards Europhilia is demonstrably revealed by this
simple fact that this white man, Dan Discolli, with just a couple of
unctuous posts has won the hearts and minds of a few of my goanet brothers
U G Barad:
Perhaps it is necessary to revise this reliance given based on what
information is now available from the comments by the judges in the Ayodhya
judgment. The enclosed article makes, some what I consider to be,
disturbing observations.
Response:
Please read the foll article-
Two
On 1 November 2010 03:30, Charudatt Prabhudesai char-...@hotmail.comwrote:
I say:
Our propensity towards Europhilia is demonstrably revealed by this simple
fact
that this white man, Dan Discolli, with just a couple of unctuous posts has
won the
hearts and minds of a few of my goanet
On 31 October 2010 03:16, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com
Mr. Marshal, neither of the above TWO points are mentioned in the web-links
provided by you. This clearly implies that above two comments are coming
from your thought process and not from the web-link(s) provided by you. Now
Gabe Menezes asks: Why does U.G. Barad or any other Indian need an
endorsement from a bloody foreigner, only when it fits nicely into their own
mindset?
My response:
Just because Dr Elst is a foreigner does it make his arguments wrong? And, I
would not be incorrect if I say that the arguments
In one word, Europhilia!
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Just because Dr Elst is a foreigner does it make his arguments wrong? And, I
would not be incorrect if I say that the arguments put forward by Dr Elst
have been made by many Indians as well.
Having said this, I want be surprised if Gabe rephrases his query saying
why at all an
Here is a paragraph written on Dr. Koenraad in one out of two web-links
provided by Marshall, which I think is against Hindutva! Paragraph from
web-link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenraad_Elst) provided by Marshal is
as follows:
Quote:
Elst is one of the few western writers (along with
U. G. Barad:
Here are a few things that Dr Konraad Elst stands for:
1. He is aligned with the right wing in Belgium as well as in India.
2. he is intensely anti-Islam ( hence a suitable bed-mate for the
hindutvawadis)
Mr. Marshal, neither of the above TWO points are mentioned in the web-links
The views expressed by Marshall Mendonza on Dr Elst seems to give an
impression that Dr Elst is wrong merely because he is a supporter of
Hindutvavadi. If tomorrow, Dr Elst says that the sun rises in the east,
then will Marshall say that this is wrong?
In Goanet, if we have to follow Marshall's
U G Barad:
The views expressed by Marshall Mendonza on Dr Elst seems to give an
impression that Dr Elst is wrong merely because he is a supporter of
Hindutvavadi. If tomorrow, Dr Elst says that the sun rises in the east,then
will Marshall say that this is wrong? ………. But I would not say that the
It is a misnomer to state that 'Dr Konraad Elst is a friend of the Hindus'.
A more accurate description would be that he is a strong votary, ideologue
and supporter of hindutva, one of the few foreigners to do so (the other
being Francois Gautier). The sangh parivar does not in any way represent
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