Proposal will be discussed at an Academic Council meeting Friday. Faculty members say the courses may limit students' cultural exposure & lack relevance in terms of career prospects.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
The objection of Prof. Maya “John” is obviously due to religious reasons. No matter the language in which she tries to couch her “concerns”, it’s quite clear that she is working under the directions of the Church. The Church always gets uncomfortable as soon as the Bhagavad Gita is mentioned. One can be absolutely sure that Prof. “John” would not have any issues at all if instead of the Gita, the course focused on the Bible.
The less said about people like Seema Das and Abha Dev, the better.
They serve as perfect examples of Hindus who are ashamed of the fact that they are Hindus. The likes of Romila Thapar and Irfan Habibs have been successful in making these people believe that being a Hindu is a matter of shame. That Hindu philosophy is all hogwash and nothing is to be gained from studying the Gita.
When Indian universities offer courses on “Islamic history” or “Islamic philosophy and culture” or even “Islamic theology”, nobody ever objects.
But when a university offers courses on Hindu philosophy, Bhagavad Gita being an example, the Left-liberal cabal is up in arms.
What explains such double standards?
Is their hatred for Hinduism so deep and abiding that even courses on Hindu philosophical schools and religious thought cannot be tolerated?
In that case why don’t they object to the study of Islamic, Buddhist and Christian philosophy?
The objection of Prof. Maya “John” is obviously due to religious reasons. No matter the language in which she tries to couch her “concerns”, it’s quite clear that she is working under the directions of the Church. The Church always gets uncomfortable as soon as the Bhagavad Gita is mentioned. One can be absolutely sure that Prof. “John” would not have any issues at all if instead of the Gita, the course focused on the Bible.
The less said about people like Seema Das and Abha Dev, the better.
They serve as perfect examples of Hindus who are ashamed of the fact that they are Hindus. The likes of Romila Thapar and Irfan Habibs have been successful in making these people believe that being a Hindu is a matter of shame. That Hindu philosophy is all hogwash and nothing is to be gained from studying the Gita.
When Indian universities offer courses on “Islamic history” or “Islamic philosophy and culture” or even “Islamic theology”, nobody ever objects.
But when a university offers courses on Hindu philosophy, Bhagavad Gita being an example, the Left-liberal cabal is up in arms.
What explains such double standards?
Is their hatred for Hinduism so deep and abiding that even courses on Hindu philosophical schools and religious thought cannot be tolerated?
In that case why don’t they object to the study of Islamic, Buddhist and Christian philosophy?