2009/4/29 Bharat Shetty <bharat.she...@gmail.com> > Ok, fairly interesting book.
Looks like Doniger is somebody whose scholarship disputed and has a fairly strong inclination to favor a sexual interpretation of Hindu texts. But as the article below points out, this malaise has spread throughout US Hinduism studies. http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Hinduism/2004/06/U-S-Hinduism-Studies-A-Question-Of-Shoddy-Scholarship.aspx?p=1 This particular excerpt from the article was enough to convince me that she should be read with a pinch of salt - [University of Chicago professor Wendy Doniger has been quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer calling the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu text, "a dishonest book" that "justifies war."] I'm no scholar of the Gita, but I have read 4 versions/translations/interpretations, and I'm confused on how she arrived at this conclusion. The wikipedia article doesn't speak too highly of her either (though it is disputed), so you if you are reading it, you might want to check out the talk section for it too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Doniger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wendy_Doniger But if you do manage to find a lower priced India copy, do let me know. I'm poor too :) Kiran
