AK Ramanujan

  • Lord Ram’s Story: Many Tellings

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    Ram Puniyani Ramayana Javanese Ballet Dance   Recently Delhi University Academic Council (Oct 2011) decided to drop the scholarly essay “Three Hundred Ramayanas” of A.K.Ramanujan, on different telling of Ram’s story from the syllabus of ‘Culture in India’ for BA Honors students. Of the four experts on the committee, one of them, whose opinion was…

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  • Delhi University scraps Ramanujan’s essay on Ramayana

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    Under protest from Hindutva fanatics, the top academic body of the Delhi University has decided to withdraw an essay by eminent scholar A K Ramanujan on the Ramayana. We reproduce two news reports on this retrograde steps of the university. Deccan Herald (October 15, 2011) Delhi University’s top academic body has decided to withdraw from…

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