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Re: ARTICLE : Biased Reuters news reporting again ! .. is it any surprise ?
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Biased Reuters news reporting again ! .. is it any surprise ?
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From: dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti)
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Date: 3 Sep 1996 22:22:17 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Jaldhar H. Vyas (jaldhar@braincells.com) wrote:
: I got involved in this because my biggest fear is that some junior
: aurangzebs armed with nothing more than the writings of a
: Sanskrt-illiterate Bengali clerk will attempt to "improve" my religion out
: of existance.
Dear Jaldharji:
I am honored to have you, a senior among us, and also commend your efforts
to contain the 'junior aurangzeb(s)'. I imagine that I am in the
juniors' list, and that Sri Aurobindo is the 'Sanskrt-illiterate Bengali
clerk' in question.
It would be inappropriate for me to try to judge Sri Aurobindo's
competence in Sanskrit language. I think that the fact that He translated
a major part of the RigVeda, various upanishhads, the SBG etc. suggest
that He was competent. More important, I have not heard anyone suggest
his translations as inaccurate. It would greatly help if you would give
us a sample from Sri Aurobindo's sanskrit illiteracy and contrast it with
a literate translation.
With best regards,
Dhruba.
