[Reader-list] Project South Asia- a good web resource

[Mamta M]

Hi Issac,

I can't seem to find the link where I read about the US govt funding for
Project South Asia.  I did read it somewhere which is why I made that
statement. I shall mail the link as soon as I find it. It could, of course,
be likely that I mistook the purport of the matter presented on the link.
Let me find the link and read it once more.

Regards,
Mamta

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From: Isaac souweine [mailto:isouweine at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:25 AM
To: Mamta M; Sarai Reader List
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Project South Asia- a good web resource


Dear Mamta:

Thanks for passing this link along. I have to disagree though with your
notion of the site as "a US govt funded digital library". This seems to
imply that it is some sort of govt  think tank or govt controlled institute.
As far as I could tell from a quick browse, the site appears to be run by a
couple of midwest universities. While these institutions probably do get a
lot of government funding (though mostly from state govt., not federal) my
guess is this institute has almost no contact with government agencies or
funders. Guessing a bit further, I would hazard that the no doubt left-wing
(for America) scholars who run the project probably conduct their work in
ways that are quite a bit removed from govt policy and opinions.

Best,
Isaac


On 12/7/05, Mamta M <mamtam at aptech.ac.in> wrote:
> I came across this site a few minutes back. It's a US govt funded 
> digital library of teaching resources.
>
> http://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/index.htm
>
> I havent gone thru any of the contents yet but did click on Kashmir 
> dispute out of curiosity to see what the US POV was on this. Here's the
link:
>
> http://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/history/primarydocs/Kashmir_Dispu
> te/USS
> tateDept.htm
>
> Why are there no recent updations, I wonder.
>
> I hope to browse thru the site in leisure later.
>
> Regards,
> Mamta
>
>
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