Well, pretty soon, someone is going to ask that with a straight face, if the Karanataka Govt.'s NEP proposal is implemented:
Question Pythagoras theorem and trim ‘Eurocentric’ concepts, observes the position paper of Karnataka’s NEP 2020 <https://indianexpress.com/article/education/question-pythagoras-theorem-and-trim-eurocentric-concepts-observes-the-position-papers-of-karnatakas-nep-2020-8021235/> "In the position paper of Knowledge of India, the guidelines encourage students to question the Pythagoras theorem and Newton’s law of gravity. It says, “ …encouraging an attitude of questioning and not merely accepting whatever the textbooks (or print/electronic/social media) say as infallible truth, with a clear foundation of how knowledge generation takes place and how fake news such as Pythagoras theorem, apple <https://indianexpress.com/about/apple/> falling on Newton’s head etc. are created and propagated.” Regards Periannan Chandrasekaran On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 3:59 AM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > How do we know the original was not written in Sanskrit long ago and only > later translated into Spanish? ;-) > > Best, > > Dean > > On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 01:19:30 PM GMT+5:30, Richard Mahoney via > INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Not something I expected to find in the paper this evening, esp. > after all we've been putting up with; thanks for the great news. :) > > ‘First modern novel – oldest language’: Sanskrit translation of Don > Quixote rescued from oblivion | Miguel de Cervantes | The Guardian > > https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/06/first-modern-novel-oldest-language-sanskrit-translation-of-don-quixote-rescued-from-oblivion > > > Best Richard > > > > -- > > T +6433121699 M +64210640216 > [email protected] > https://indica-et-buddhica.org/ > > Indica et Buddhica > Littledene Bay Road Oxford NZ > NZBN: 9429041761809 > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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