ID | 148885 |
Title Proper | Wendy Doniger’s Vulgar Hindu history |
Language | ENG |
Author | Sharan, Shankar |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | Wendy Doniger is a Professor of Religious History at the Chicago University (USA). Her fame is for being an Indologist. In the West she has guided highest number of Ph.D.s on Hindu religion and Sanskrit texts. Considered such an authority on Hindus that she is also called ‘queen of Hinduism.’ Not long ago she was in news because of her book The Hindus: An Alternative History (2009). It’s print version was withdrawn from the market by the publisher Penguin-Viking. Some Hindu organizations had lodged a plaint in the court asking for a ban as wrong and defamatory statements against Hindu deities abound in the book. During the court proceedings both parties to the case came to a mutual settlement under which the book was withdrawn from the market |
`In' analytical Note | Dialogue Vol. 18, No.01; Jul-Sep 2016: p.124-144 |
Journal Source | Dialogue 2016-09 18, 1 |
Key Words | Wendy Doniger ; Vulgar Hindu History |