[Reader-list] Guha's weak defenders: Sanjay Kak on Ram Guha's Book:

[ARNAB CHATTERJEE]

Dear Pawan,
            Again you've started your illiterate
gymnastics. Why don't you organize a conference of
sound historians and check if Guha can be defended in
any form ( Kak is not needed therefore) in terms of
methods of history writing (and not satisfying grant
givers.)and the product that is history. But I can
tell you sophisticated historians will use its pages
as toilet paper and will not respond. It is an. NGO
version of fundraising history--backed as if by the
Rajiv Gandhi foundation this time. Wicked illiteracy
sells and sells well. He is another Pupul Jayakar, or
MJ Akbar or Prabhu Chaola ( Rajya Sabha post next
time).And tell me and all -- what books on methods of
history writing  you've read and how you defend him;
that will settle the debate well.
Namrata




--- Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joke of the day : Kak's review comes like a breath
> of honest,fresh air.
> 
> Sanjay Kak and being Honest ........I saw snow on
> Mumbai streets
> 
> 
> On 3/5/08, Namrata Kakkar
> <namratakakkar1 at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear everybody,
> >                  Having read Sanjay Sub's wrong
> but
> > back patting, ridiculous review on the SARAI list,
> I
> > was just wondering how could readers at Sarai list
> > tolerate such nonsensical bribery, blind eye
> > stupidity. Kak's review comes like a breath of
> honest,
> > fresh air. But couldn't Sanjay Sub. himself raise
> > these questions? Infact anybody a bit literate
> enough
> > would tear this book into shreds; but Sanajy could
> not
> > do so since Ram Guha is now a new promoter in the
> > Indian circles--mustering and manipulating crores
> of
> > rupees through  his (i.e, Indian) Arts Foundation.
> Ram
> > guha is a man with book length muscles now.
> >
> >          So even if he continues writing this bull
> > shit, he will be a Sanjay's public historian (
> like
> > men love public woman ( sorry). One wonders if he
> too
> > is aspiring a 50,000 rupees felllowship from Ram
> Guha.
> > He may...
> > But anyway, thank you SARAI.
> > Namrata
> >
> >
> >
> > Note: forwarded message attached.
> >
> >
> >
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