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Do all students pay only 20% of the cost? Some students might be getting more scholarship based on their performance. Yes, all students get this automatically on admission. Those who get scholarships pay nothing (depending on the scholarship) Is CalState paying 3-4-5 times the combined fee paid by ...

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US has NOT subsidized study of any language to promote patriotism, national pride etc. Also subsidy is partial ; How do you know ? the students bear much of the costs. The sanskirt university in India are whole-sole govt enterprise. The fee obtained from students in this Sanskrit univs is nearly ze...

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I had given newspaper example. USG does not subsidize newspapers, and same way we should NOT subsidize sanskrit-sector and leave it to private=market forces. I read somewhere that sanskrit is alive and kicking, but not a dead language. If so, it should be able to support itself without any GoI-mone...

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There are some interesting comments on Indian immigration . Note also that in 1933, there were only 2700 Indians and SLans in all of Australia. Between the World Wars "Indians apparently did not count as Haggards's 'sons' either, despite their sacrifice for the British Empire. Ghulam Gana, a fa...

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90% of the reactors in the world (PWR,BWR) use enriched Uranium. The enrichment needed for bomb making is slightly higher than for use in a reactor. India (and Canada) is one of the few countries that does not use enriched Ur as a fuel (except in the 2 BWR Tarapur reactors supplied by GE). Iran is p...

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You can bet that this does not get the same play in the English language media (Indian and foreign)as the news that there was nothing found. 'Structural anomalies in 46 trenches' By Our Special Correspondent LUCKNOW June 21. The Archaeological Survey of India in its fresh progress report submitted t...

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But what is note worthy, is that US-Gov has left this issue to PRIVATE forces, and US-Gov does NOT subsidize newspaper-sector. Same way, Sanskrit-sector should be left to PRIVATE hands. Education (including the study of languages) is definitely not in private hands in the USA.K-12 Grade is for the ...

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Originally posted by Kaushal

was actually originally posted by muddur in the locked (Brahmana)thread.

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This is a review about a new book, or rather college or school level textbook, written by Irfan Habib. IH considers himself a Marxist and generally takes the view that the Saraswati Sindhu civilization had little to do with Hinduism. He subscribes to the notion that the Rig veda was written much lat...

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I thought this was a great and inspired post by muddur in the locked Brahmana thread.I trust everybody has a chance to read it. "I would like to add my last few words before I part my ways with this thread, because I know that the discussion on religion / caste can go to any length with no endi...

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The Turkic advance into India in 1200 CE is related to the decline of Arabic islam only in so far as both of these civilizations fell prey to the advance of the Central Asian hordes (first the Turks and then the Mongols, although the Turks and the Mongols were related linguistically and ethnically t...

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The rise and stagnation of Marathas Review by Harbans Singh Baji Rao: The Warrior Peshwa by E. Jaiwant Paul. Roli Books, New Delhi. Pages 184. Rs 275. JAIWANT PAUL's "Baji Rao: The Warrior Peshwa" is not just an account of the life of a general of the Marathas; it goes much beyond the bio...

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crossposted from IC yahoogroups Peshwa Baji Rao I After the death of Shivaji the real revival of Hindu power came from Baji Rao I (1700-1740). The death of Sambhaji (d. 1689) had accelerated internal disintegration of the Marathas which was set in motion by the death of Shivaji (d. 1680). Besides, M...

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http://outlookindia.com/ June 28 issue (there is a problem with the URL) AYODHYA No Escape, Left Or Right The article Secrets Of The Shrine on the excavation findings has been accused of being untrue and partisan. Really, the author asks. SANDIPAN DEB As I stood a few metres away from the makeshift...

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Dont have URL Only Sanskrit scholars be appointed as VC, says UGC panel THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The UGC sub-committee, which was constituted to look into the functioning of the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Kalady, has recommended that only Sanskrit scholars should be appointed as the Vic...

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Singing of national anthem ‘forbidden’ Author: Luv Puri Publication: The Hindu Date: June 12, 2003 URL: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/06/12/stories/2003061204451200.htm After issuing diktats on a "dress code" and imposing a number of socio-economic curbs on women, militants have ...

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Death, his dominion Author: DK Mittal Publication: The Pioneer Date: June 13, 2003 In his letter, 'Tipu Sultan: Eye of the tiger' (May 31), Mr Obaidur Rahman Nadwi alleges a section of religious fanatics (read Hindus) has launched "a campaign to denigrate Muslims, particularly those who played ...

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Pope - He is upset. Understandably By Gurumurthy Have empathy. The Pope has genuine problems. The Papacy was born to convert the world to the only true religion, Christianity. This Pope merely continues this 2000 year tradition to cleanse the world off `false faiths'. Turn it exclusively Christian. ...

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The Nuristanis (Kafiristanis) of Afghanistan and the Kalash Kafirs of Chitral in TSP are related. Both were remnants of people who refused to convert to islam over a 1000 years despite much pressure. More work needs to be done to study the languages of these tribes and their relationship to the rest...

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These were barbaric times". No, the times were not barbaric -- the invaders/rulers were barbaric. The massacres of the likes of 100,000 Hindu captives in one day by Timurlang have never been witnessed before or after in the history of the World... Precisely, the times were not barbaric and nei...

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Ashok, there has been no official report from the ASI yet. Everything that we read in the press is spin put out by vested interests, in this case Zafaryab Jeelani. We have to wait for the final report, but in the meanwhile we just have snippets of partial information. Clearly there was a structure u...

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New online books by K S Lal

The following two books by K S Lal are now available online

Indian Muslims: Who are They ?
http://www.bharatvani.org/books/imwat/

Muslim Slave System in Medieval India
http://www.bharatvani.org/books/mssmi/

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Sanjay, while what you say is true, it is not true that the ASI has said that there was No evidence of a prior structure. Pl. look at the graphic in the Outlook article of June 2 to get a mental picture of what has been found and what hasnt. crossposted from IC The 'report' actually says that there ...

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stanley wolpert, history of India.(chapter on the maurya empire.) If you have the exact quote I would appreciate it. The reason i ask is that the Buddhist texts mentioning Asoka were known to Sir William Jones in the 1790's, who hired Indian pandits to teach him the content of the many ancient text...

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This is a misleading headline. If you read the text you get a different picture altogether. No evidence yet of structure at disputed site, says ASI Press Trust of India In a significant development in the ongoing excavation at the acquired land at Ayodhya, the Archaeological Survey of India has said...

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In one of the original history threads (which were unceremoniously deleted for reasons other than length) a couple of years ago, we remarked on the history of the Gypsies (also known as the Roma in Europe). The surmise was made that they were escaped slaves and survivors from the slave caravans of M...

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just one tiny point though. Ashoka was "discovered " only in the 1920's that does not mean ashoka is the creation of british evildoers bent on seperating buddhists from hindus in India...or does it? Where did you come up with this beauty ? It was Sir William Jones in 1790's who discovered...

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BOOK EXCERPTS Orality to literacy: Transition in Early Tamil Society IRAVATHAM MAHADEVAN From the forthcoming publication: Early Tamil Epigraphy : From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. by Iravatham Mahadevan (Harvard Oriental Series 62), simultaneously published in India by Cre-A:, Chenn...

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Note that Michel Danino is not a Brahmana (at least not by birth)but is of French Jewish extraction. He has made a home in TN. Vedic Roots of Early Tamil Culture By Michel Danino "The historical period naturally takes us to the great Pallava, Chola and Pandya temples and to an overflowing of de...

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How did the British fabricate and destroy the historic records of India and misguide the whole world? http://thetruehistoryandthereligionofindia.org/ The Divine knowledge of Hindu (Bhartiya) scriptures could have benefited the aspirants of God of the whole world. But, the diplomats of the British, w...

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Here is the latest PTI report Excavation: 25 more articles found AYODHYA, JUN 10 (PTI) Twenty-five articles, including moulded broken bricks belonging to Maurya period, were found today during excavation in ten trenches at the acquired land here. Besides 20 moulded bricks, iron nails were found, sou...

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Previous archaeological finds http://www.ayodhya.com/ayotemplet.jsp?sno=15&E15=1 http://www.stephen-knapp.com/ayodhya_and_the_research_on_the_temple_of_Lord_Rama.htm "While this evidence is strong, the archaeological evidence is still stronger. This is what Dr. S.P. Gupta (former director o...

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ASI finds evidence of structure below masjid Lucknow: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said in a report released on Tuesday that they have found evidence of a structure beneath the razed mosque in Ayodhya but cannot yet tell if it was a Ram mandir as claimed by Hindu activists. In a report ...

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A true libbie, like myself, would be opposed to relying on legal system (legal system = pandu, courts and prisons) AT ALL, neighter primarirly nore secondarily nor tertiarily, to stop anyone from offering cash for conversions. You did not choose to read what I wrote. the words i used were 'One shou...

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A reminder to people in the Bay Area about the screening of the Savarkar movie this weekend and the next. http://www.calaaonline.com/page18.html I was able to go for the screening of the movie (and was able to convince my wife to see it too). We enjoyed it. It was a sombre movie but well taken and ...

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I am quite surprised by this article of Shashi Tharoor. While he normally is the typical secularist variety, Rajita, ST is basically a decent fella (apart from being a very charismatic individual) but has been far too immersed in 'secularist dogma' (e.g. it is OK for Indian Islamists to be anti-Ind...

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But I certainly give credit to Nehru for strengthening democracy in India after Independence. I couldnt agree more. Pt. Nehru is the one person I credit with fostering democratic principles in the modern era in India. He had no need to do so. If he had so decided he could have easily turned a dicta...

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A reminder to people in the Bay Area about the screening of the Savarkar movie this weekend and the next.

http://www.calaaonline.com/page18.html

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Are you in favor or are you against Modi/Amma's acts to imprison those offer money for changing religion? No i am not. I am a libertarian (not just on Mondays, wednesdays and namaaz days). I know this causes you considerable mirth, but it is true nevertheless. I am against offering monetary inducem...

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Lets not justify worthless acts of Modi, Amma etc just becuase there are more worthless things in the world.

who is doing this ? strawman alert

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