"Such were the motives of the mainstream pundits who were also pillars of the Church: to preserve their own power. Why today all this feverish fight against the indigenists? I donāt believe it is racist as many Indians think, nor any noble motive to keep Indological studies āscholarlyāas W claims, though neither need be ruled out altogether. I think it is mainly the most shameful of all motives ā to be on top and keep control of others. As soon as a Head of Dept or Professor feels strong (and rich) enough, they launch a Journal (with other peopleās money) to promote their own pet theories, acquire kudos, confound opposition and control thinking thus perpetuating their own power and all the advantages this entails. And to this referred E Leach in a quotation I gave fully in AS ĀØ 19, very end, which W presented in a truncated form omitting the sentences saying that IE scholars did not scrap their theories because āvested interests and academic posts were involvedā. I added āThey still areā. And W ought to know because like Leach he has been up to his ears in the game for many years. (Sweeping the dirt under the doormat will not make it disappear.)"
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