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Traveller, not tourist: Rohan Murty's quest to 'trace the origins of idli'Rohan Murty, founder, Murty Classical Library of India and son of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, said he has frugal travel habits.
Sheldon Pollock offers scholarly opinion on Sanskrit - a language that the government seems keen to massifySanskrit has always been identified as central to the idea of Indianness and culture. And, the world over, the language has been appreciate...
Rohan Murty responds to online petition to oust American Indologist Sheldon PollockThe online petition was signed by 132 academics and public figures seeking to oust Pollock, who is editor of the Murty Classical Library of...
Why more than 100 scholars want Indic expert Sheldon Pollock out of Murty LibraryThe septuagenarian scholar has always worked with American universities but his work centered around India, its civilisation, traditions an...
Sheldon Pollock is central to the classical library project, says Rohan Murty'From our generation, there is going to be a real drought, where we are not replacing enough of these scholars of the previous generation.'
Murty Classical Library is a project that every 'nationalist' should take pride inLike Wendy Doniger and others before him, Sheldon Pollock will survive this peevish and idiotic attack on his scholarship and his politics.
Rohan Murty says American Indologist Sheldon Pollock to stayMurty said that Sheldon Pollock will continue to oversee the translation of Indian classics into English for several more years.
Making a rightful case for Sheldon PollockThe petition seeking the ouster of Sheldon Pollock from the Murty Classical Library is entirely without basis, one of India's best-known li...
JNU fallout: Petition wants Murty Classical Library to remove editorA group of 132 scholars has appealed to NR Narayana Murthy and MCLI founder Rohan Murty to remove Professor Sheldon Pollock as general edit...
Rohan Murty to launch second set of classical booksAfter the success of the first edition, the Murty Classical Library of India will launch the second set of books by the end of the month.
Time Lit Fest 2015: Mistakes, apologies and a born poetThe Times Lit Fest’s Mumbai edition, that concluded over the weekend, featured speakers from varied backgrounds, leading to deep conversati...
Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 diariesAt the launch of his son Rohan’s dream project, Murty Classical Library of India (MCLI) at the Jaipur Literature Festival last week, he loo...
Sudha Murty favours Akbarnama“It (Akbarnama) has been translated into English before, but that was Victorian English. MCLI’s translation is more contemporary,” she says.
Rohan Murty does a classic act; narrates the way forward for "affordable and accessible" library initiative"I was amazed by how humanities constructs complex, intellectually sophisticated arguments from texts that are 1,500 years old," says Murty.
Rohan Murty Classical Library of India launches with five booksSet up by Harvard University Press with the help of a personal endowment by Murty, the library aims to publish as many as 500 books over th...
Rohan Murty pitches for classical textsAs he readies a global showing of his library, Murty says that he wants a wider audience for India's literary heritage.
Narayana Murthy funding translation of Indian classics by Harvard University Press“I would love for future generations to read and appreciate Kalidasa’s Shakuntalam as much as they may appreciate Hamlet,” said Rohan Murty.