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Tuesday, January 22, 2002
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Historical divide: archaeology and literature Indology grew out of attempts to interpret Indian sources from European perspective. Its legacy is archaeology without literature for the Harappans and a literature without archaeology for the Vedic Aryans. Any rewriting of history must begin by brid ging this unnatural gulf. More What have the communalists learnt from Staines' murder? Whatever the shortcomings of Gen. Musharraf's much awaited address to the nation might have been, he has at least openly come out to condemn and curtail the activities from Pakistani soil of those spreading terrorism in the name of religion within th e country or outside. Within India the challenge is now before our leaders to reciprocate the gesture by banning those who openly challenge the Supreme Court or the government on Ram temple and similar issues and those who spare no efforts to terror ise the minorities in the name of majoritarianism. More POTO: safeguards lacking The BJP, in its tunnel vision, should not forget that it does not enjoy a popular mandate for such a sweeping legislation like the POTO, which is detrimental to a plural society like ours. More |
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