SI – 1: Videos Swadeshi Indology Conference - 1 (IIT, Chennai) Invocation and Felicitation Prof. K.S. Kannan: Welcome Address Rajiv Malhotra – Keynote Address Prof. V N Jha – Inaugural Address Prof. Devendra Jalihal – Vote of thanks Paper Presentations Theme: Is Sanskrit Dead or Alive? Analysis of Pollock's "Death of Sanskrit" thesis - 2 papers - Manogna Sastry & Prof. KS Kannan / Dr. HR Meera Rajiv Malhotra's comments and Q&A on "Death of Sanskrit" Thesis Theme: Pollock’s Position on Shastra Misrepresentations in Pollock’s Sastra paper - 2 Papers - Vrinda Acharya & Vikas Veshishth Pollock’s Position on Sastras - Surya K Comments on two papers on misrepresentations in Pollock’s Sastra paper: Prof. VN Jha Critique of Pollock's Position on The Science of Sastras - 2 Papers - Rajat V & Sudarshan Therani Prof. Ramanujan's comments and Q&A on the two papers on science of Sastra Rajiv Malhotra and others in discussion on Pollock's position on Sastras Theme: Ramayana as a Political Tool Critiquing Pollock’s out of context reading of the Ramayana - 2 Papers - Manjshree Hedge & Charu Uppal Pollock’s out of context reading of the Ramayana - Comments and Q&A on the papers Comments on the two papers - Nityananda Misra Theme: Pollock’s Position that Sanskrit was responsible for holocaust A Purvapaksha of Deep Orientalism - Ashay Naik History of Indology and Nazi ideology - Prof. K. Gopinath Sheldon Pollock's Idea of a Nazi Indology - Dr. Koenraad Elst Theme: Sanskrit was Responsible for Holocaust- Comments & Q/A Theme: Some Indic viewpoints to refute Pollock’s positions On Pollockism- Purvapaksha on Pollock's Methodologies: Sati Shankar On Pollockism paper_Comments and Q and A "Sanskrit is dead and its okay" - Naresh Cuntoor Vedic Knowledge, Science & Pollockian Indology - Prof. Ravi Gomatam Dr. Koenraad Elst's Comments on Indic Viewpoints to Refute Pollock's positions Theme: Panel Discussion Panel Discussion on Murty Classical Library - Part 1 Panel Discussion on Murty Classical Library - Part 2 Prof Makarand Paranjape (JNU) on Ambedkarism and Islam Papers that do not come under aforementioned themes Orientalist & Post Colonial Basis of Indology - Ravi Joshi Sense Philology: Understanding Philological Works of Sheldon Pollock - TM Narendran Closing remarks by Rajiv Malhotra Share this:Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
