It seems incorrect to say that Cofnas contends that there would be zero Black professors at Harvard/Cambridge if it wasn’t for DEI. When questioned about this prediction he says he is only reporting a statement of fact made by Harvard in the course of the lawsuit brought against them by Students For Fair Admissions. Looking at their past admissions record when asked how many Black students would have qualified absent the weightage for “social” factors apparently they said “ none”. (or so Cofnas has reported in a recent interview).

I am expressing no opinion here, merely trying to reduce the noise introduced by the “Chinese telephones” effect introduced in public discourse about these issues. If we must dislike ( or like) people let us do it for the right reasons.

Yes, thank you, I was a bit lax and did not bother with the corrections, will be even more lazy and just tag your comment inside.

Btw, this is an independence movement political creation, the whole Bharat = mother goddess idea.

There was no tradition of it, there are no vedic/sangham/puranic sources to it.
No historical temples to her.

1873 is the first mention of this concept, in a play. She isn’t a goddess as such, but a rallying cry for independence, something many muslims participated in freely.

The stanzas of the Vande Mataram song associate Durga maa to her, but in Hindu tradition Durga can be associated with anything. Indeed Ramakrishna Paramahamsa often narrates how even the abominable is made pure by virtue of witnessing the goddesses presence.

Given her associations with the independence movement the notion has further crystallised along with the nation state, to the point where – due to politicising religion she is now considered ‘haram’.

One could happily argue that she is not a Hindu goddess but the female embodiment of the Indian state.

It feels disingenuous to create her for independence expediency and then abandon her soon after.

• Arday was not the youngest full professor at Cambridge, only the youngest Black professor. For instance, Isaac Newton was younger when appointed a professor at Cambridge.
• Cofnas was not fired for his (in) famous substack post commenting on Arday’s alleged plagiarism. That came recently. He was fired a couple of years ago for an article on differential academic abilities among different groups (sometimes called “ races”).
• Ditto for Harris. He was dismissed for his critique of Critical Race Theory. He was then reinstated by Plymouth after a public backlash from various quarters.

the elite did migrate to Pakistan. The UP salaries departed en masse

very good comment; I always remember your comment about the new caste-class of India, where belonging to the same club is as important. wish we could dig that out

Thanks man.

Interestingly enough I already made your Author category even before reading your nudge #psyche

On another note. Here’s an Israeli view on a the pact. It covers the similar ground to your article.
https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/third-time-is-the-charm/
I don’t think the writer is Jewish, going by the name, but that institute is, and a sort of Israeli think tank used to influence the US.