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in '' ASIAN AGE by PROFESSOR P.L. VISHVESWAR RAO This
voluminous book provides scope for" both interesting and indignant
reading ". Elaborating this ,he says, interesting because it
exposes fallacious interpretations by AMERICAN authors of HINDUISM
and its facets and manifestations which are beyond their capacity to
comprehend ,and indignant because of the unwanted prejudice they try
to create by distorting and degrading our values with a hostile
attitude to HINDU culture., and civilisation Various incidents in our sacred texts ,(Puranas) are mis- interpreted in Freudian terms. To illustrate a few, ''Bhagavad Gita'' is interpreted as a dishonest book ''promoting war'',Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is labelled as a '' pedophile ; etc with such and worse obscenities ,not even sparing "Hindu Gods like Ganesha,Shiva etc These vituperation have been going on for some decades as many white, Judeo/Christian "
scholars" from various schools of South Asianstudies in US have been pathologising
''Hinduism'' . It is a pity that not only these ''scholars'' have been
rewarded but also their books have been prescribed as reading material
in Colleges and Universities in US by the state and their''Hindu- Phobic '' views gained credence with the mainstream.When
the whole world watches INDIA re-surging as a GLOBAL POWER, the
systematic action in undermining the core icons and ideals imbibed
in the images of Indian culture and civilisation are being denigrated by these scholars from their "experiences", they have to
be viewed as not "merely academic pursuits" but as a systematic
invasion by institutional proxies. Moreover, these
distorted images projected in the minds of the vast number of
younger generations, both in America and India are likely to create
a wholly wrong shape of their perception of our country and
its culture , influenced by the myopic views of these '' scholars''
''.This state of affairs ,is wholly unjustifiable as our views, and
experiences when denied access to ,make the general public ,(including
the younger generations), susceptible to entirely wrong notions about
our culture.It is this insidious campaign against Hinduism
which provoked our writers and thinkers in US to "talk back and the
present book is the culminations of this effort."
Although some reviewers view this campaign against Hinduism as a
security threat of our sovereignty, it is more prudent ''to debate
and discuss rather than react now as confidence in our our own
cultural and civilisational heritages should be better expressed through
reason and debate.
KONTHAI