[INDOLOGY] Statement Regarding the Murty Classical Library of India

Tue Mar 5 19:46:14 UTC 2024

It is already public:

https://theprint.in/india/5-scholars-summarily-dismissed-from-classical-library-of-india-founded-by-narayana-murthys-son/1989023/

The Print asked prof. Patil for comment.

L.

On 05.03.2024 20:35, luther obrock via INDOLOGY wrote:
> Dear Prof. Venkatesan and Indology List,
> 
> I wanted to thank Archana for informing the wider community about the 
> events surrounding the Murty Classical Library of India. I do hope we 
> can lend our voices to call for an investigation of by the Provost at 
> Harvard University into the dismissal of the editorial board. These 
> scholars have been tirelessly undertaking a great humanistic enterprise 
> to bring the richness of the South Asian classical tradition to a wider 
> readership; such work must be celebrated and cultivated. I do hope that 
> Harvard, the Provost, and Prof. Patil will offer some clarification 
> about recent events and the future of MCLI soon.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Luther Obrock
> 
> Assistant Professor of Sanskrit
> University of California, Berkeley
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 8:03 AM Jesse Knutson via INDOLOGY 
> <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
> 
>     Merci Lyne! mon inspiration est toujours de la langue française bien
>     que ce soit écrit en anglais!
> 
>     On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 2:25 PM Lyne Bansat-Boudon
>     <Lyne.Bansat-Boudon at ephe.psl.eu
>     <mailto:Lyne.Bansat-Boudon at ephe.psl.eu>> wrote:
> 
>         Dear Jesse,
> 
>         This is a very fine "Défense et Illustration", if not "de la
>         langue française" , at least of this incomparable Library.
> 
>         Thanks for this.
> 
>         Lyne
> 
>         Lyne Bansat-Boudon
> 
>         Directeur d'études pour les Religions de l'Inde
> 
>         Ecole pratique des hautes études, section des sciences religieuses
> 
>         Membre senior honoraire de l'Institut universitaire de France
> 
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>         *De :* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info
>         <mailto:indology-bounces at list.indology.info>> de la part de
>         Jesse Knutson via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info
>         <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
>         *Envoyé :* mardi 5 mars 2024 14:16
>         *À :* Robert P. GOLDMAN <rpg at berkeley.edu <mailto:rpg at berkeley.edu>>
>         *Cc :* Indology <indology at list.indology.info
>         <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
>         *Objet :* Re: [INDOLOGY] Statement Regarding the Murty Classical
>         Library of India
>         I cannot fathom why this is happening, but I fear that I already
>         know the kinds of forces compromising academic integrity in this
>         instance, since they are likely the same ones at work in many
>         other less spectacular ones. Leaving speculation aside for now,
>         I’ll just say that MCLI has been to my mind one of the most
>         exciting and uplifting initiatives in our field. The way it has
>         weathered previous attacks with solemn dignity has also been a
>         model and inspiration. MCLI is exactly the kind of thing I
>         yearned for when I first started getting interested in Sanskrit
>         as a tender youth, and it really stands to change the world as I
>         see it. I can also say from firsthand experience that each of
>         our colleagues who has been fired from their position is a
>         scholar and editor of the highest possible order. Their
>         dismissal is an act of such insanity that I wonder if anyone
>         behind it could even be fit to stand trial. In any case this is
>         an indelible stain on the reputation of MCLI and HUP.
> 
>         On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 7:58 PM Robert P. GOLDMAN via INDOLOGY
>         <indology at list.indology.info
>         <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
> 
>             This is deeply disturbing although, alas, hardly surprising.
>             It reflects, no doubt ,political interference with this
>             groundbreaking and outstanding scholarly series. List
>             members should add their voices to those of  the  former
>             members of the editorial board.
> 
>             Dr. R.P. Goldman
>             William and Catherine Magistretti Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus
>             and
>             Joint Editor of the South Asia Across the Disciplines
>               Publication Series
>             Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
>             Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>             On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:29 AM, Archana Venkatesan via
>>             INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info
>>             <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>>
>>             Dear Respected Colleagues,
>>
>>             With apologies for cross-posting, please see the attached
>>             communication from the former editors of the Murty
>>             Classical Library of India.
>>
>>             Archana
>>
>>             -- 
>>             /"When writers die they become books, which is, after all,
>>             not too bad an incarnation."/  Jorge Luis Borges
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>         -- 
>         Jesse Knutson PhD
>         Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literature
>         Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
>         University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
>         461 Spalding
> 
>         E io ch’avea d’error la testa cinta,
>         dissi: «Maestro, che è quel ch’i’ odo?
>         e che gent’ è che par nel duol sì vinta?
> 
>         Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo
>         tegnon l’anime triste di coloro
>         che visser sanza ’nfamia e sanza lodo.
> 
>         Mischiate sono a quel cattivo coro
>         de li angeli che non furon ribelli
>         né fur fedeli a Dio, ma per sé fuoro.
> 
>         Caccianli i ciel per non esser men belli,
> 
>         né lo profondo inferno li riceve,                              
>                            ch’alcuna gloria i rei avrebber
>         d’elli». (Inferno 3.31-39)
> 
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Jesse Knutson PhD
>     Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literature
>     Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
>     University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
>     461 Spalding
> 
>     E io ch’avea d’error la testa cinta,
>     dissi: «Maestro, che è quel ch’i’ odo?
>     e che gent’ è che par nel duol sì vinta?
> 
>     Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo
>     tegnon l’anime triste di coloro
>     che visser sanza ’nfamia e sanza lodo.
> 
>     Mischiate sono a quel cattivo coro
>     de li angeli che non furon ribelli
>     né fur fedeli a Dio, ma per sé fuoro.
> 
>     Caccianli i ciel per non esser men belli,
> 
>     né lo profondo inferno li riceve,                                   
>                          ch’alcuna gloria i rei avrebber
>     d’elli». (Inferno 3.31-39)
> 
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