[Reader-list] Death of a debate! Atlast!

[Namrata Kakkar]

Dear All,
         I think the debate that was going on here
over a few days on whether all forms of histories need
the archives or not, and other questions related to
it, have reached a dead end and has died an un-
natural death. We are relieved.
       This was all but obvious. While Chatterjee's
confidence and erudition coupled with false humility
and humbleness was all too transparent( he seems to be
knwoing the answer to the question he was asking), Mr.
Jha was trying too make both ends meet, anyhow; his
arguments were at times wild off the mark.And Ritwik's
late entry complicated the scene further, he would
pass a judgement without wanting to back it and then
switching to a new judgement. The only man sincere in
this debate was Prem Chadravarkar who was foucused
throughout but his sincerity was sacrificed to an
ungainly comment, which he should not have taken
personally at all. 
    I think there were many readers like me who were
following this debate with interest. But what did we
gain--this is the question? And somebody should
answer.
namrata


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