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

[Pawan Durani]

Are you Arnab or Namrata . Or do you have some other identity . Kindly let
me know and then I may reply to your mail .

God Bless You With an Identity.


On 3/5/08, ARNAB CHATTERJEE <apnawritings at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> 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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