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Wendy Doniger at Idea Exchange: 'Ancient Hinduism is very liberal. What’s being said in its name today makes no sense historically'
June 21, 2022 9:58 am
As one of the world’s foremost scholars of Hinduism, Sanskrit and mythology, Wendy Doniger has also found herself at the centre of contentious debates on the politics of knowledge, the study of religion, the insider-outsider readings of texts and traditions. Her book The Hindus: An Alternative History had to be withdrawn after a campaign against it in India in 2014.
Dishonesty on Doniger
February 21, 2014 8:52 am
Self-proclaimed liberals and proponents of free speech are selective in their protests
The right of the reader
February 19, 2014 9:32 am
Where is the political, judicial leadership to stand up to attempts to silence the writer?
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