Book sparks Community Activism-USC Columbia

[Editor-ITS webTeam]

Below is a fine example of how the Little India series that resulted
in the fresh debate with Academician Paul Courtright inspired the
hindu community to get involved to attend & refute his & other
panelists inaccurate & possibly motivated characterization of
Hinduism.
The Little India debate, of course, was between Paul Courtright & the
Editors of the book "Invading The Sacred". It was a result of the
book, needless to say.
(This report below is provided courtesy of Sunil, Via Raghu Rao.)
A Report on a Symposium at University of South Carolina at Columbia.
University of South Carolina - Rudolph C Barnes Sr. Symposium

Only six days prior to the event, we got word of the Rudolph C Barnes
Sr. Symposium to be held at the University Of South Carolina School Of
Law, on Jan 26th, 2008. There were two panels on Religion and Social
Views -- one on Islam and the other on Hinduism. We were shocked to
find the name or Dr. Paul Courtright in the list of panelists on
Hinduism. One of our Board Members got in touch with the organizers to
request that a practicing Hindu be included on the panel. After
deliberating with them, our Board Chairman Mrs. Arunima Sinha was
allowed to present. She was the only Hindu on the panel that was going
to talk on `Hinduism and Social Views'!


Please check out FULL details at-
http://invadingthesacred.com/content/view/63/52/