Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Just yesterday, I had written how great India has become, and today, with a heavy heart I have to report this news. Some 90 or 100 people strong mob raided and ransacked Pune's Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and destroyed rare manuscripts, clay and copper tablets from Shivaji's time, tore antique paintings and broke idol of Ganesha and Shivaji. Many rare artefacts from before hundreds of years as well as plantain leaves with writings inscribed on them were also destroyed. The value of the destruction was inestimable, but put at worth a crore of rupees. Reading the above, you will say that these Islamic extremists are terrible. But the perpetrators of this dastardly crime were a Hindu Unit calling themselves Sambhaji Brigade. The reason being Lane's book : Shivaji: Hindu Ruler in Islamic India. Some remarks were made about Shivaji which were unpalatable. The author did his research at Bhandarkar Institute. Subsequently the author has apologised and the book withdrawn from the market. Not satisfied with this, some Shiv Sena activists had just a week ago, blackened the face of a Sanskrit scholar of this institute and manhandled him. Again, profuse apologies from the Shiv Sena bosses followed. Reading such news I really start to question Munish's assumption that Talibanization is restricted to Muslim Countries. Mobocracy is everywhere, and intellectuals are a helpless lot. Kishore Shah 1974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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