Friday, March 3, 2017

Is Tamilology not a part of the Swadeshi Indology?



The second Swadeshi Indology Conference (Note below), while rightly focused on combating the western mischief, seemed to have ignored Tamilology, a significant part of Swadeshi Indology. In his book 'The Language of the Gods in the World of Men - Sanskrit, Culture and Power in Premodern India', Sheldon Pollock had observed that like other Indian languages, Sanskrit was solely responsible for the development of literature in Tamil; which I had refuted with the evidences,(https://www.amazon.com/DECODING-ANCIENT-TAMIL-TEXTS-TRANSLATION/dp/9811419264)

And also mailed to him, with no response, or any rejoinder from pro- Sheldon Pollock supporters.

Interestingly none of the scholars working in Tamil University, The International Institute of Tamil Studies, Chennai, and the Tamil depts. In the universities in Tamilnadu, seemed to have refuted the above wrong observation of a world renowned Indologist. I shall be thankful and happy, if anyone proved that I was wrong on this point.

Worse, I doubt if they are even aware of the damages done to Tamil, in view of the scholarly status of Sheldon Pollock in the world media.

Also I doubt, if pro-Tamil supporters had become intellectually weak, as the result of the rule of the Dravidian parties in Tamilnadu, after 1967. 

('Did Tamil & Sanskrit have common origin?
Are the Tamils suffering from the deep rooted inferiority complex, after 1967?';

http://tamilsdirection.blogspot.com/2017/04/sanskrit-have-common-origin-are-tamils.html)

Such ignoring will encourage the ‘Breaking India’ forces in Tamilnadu; in the light of the weakness of the national parties including BJP to take roots in TN.


For example, my discovery of ‘The Musical Phonetics in Tholkappiam’, published in the Journal of the International Institute of Tamil Studies (http://www.ulakaththamizh.org/JOTSAArticle.aspx?id=223);

may challenge the views of Sheldon Pollock on Sanskrit & Indian Linguistics.

Also I had refuted his findings w.r.t Tamil in his book 'The Language of the Gods in the World of Men - Sanskrit, Culture and Power in Premodern India'.


Hope the next Swadeshi Indology Conference will also include the non-Sanskrit sources of the Swadeshi Indology.



Note:
The second Swadeshi Indology Conference (SI-2) was held on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of February  2017 – at IGNCA , New Delhi on the theme –  Global Perceptions of Indian Heritage.
http://swadeshiindology.com/si-2/summary/

Also read :'Fringe Mechanism derailing the Indian Nation Building Process'; 
http://tamilsdirection.blogspot.com/2018/04/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_17.html

Rajiv Malhotra – Prof. Vaidyanathan interview on ‘Dravidian Identity Politics -EVRamaswamy’;

Why it may accelerate the breaking of Tamilnadu from India? 
http://tamilsdirection.blogspot.com/2019/11/rajiv-malhotra-prof.html?m=0


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