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'''Michel Danino''' (born 4 June 1956) is an [[India]]n author of [[French people|French]] origin.<ref name=rediff>{{cite web|last=Pande Daniel|first=Vaihayasi|title=The Sarasvati was more sacred than Ganga|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/may/22/interview-with-michel-danino.htm|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=8 August 2011|quote=Technically, I am not a 'foreigner': I adopted Indian citizenship some years ago.}}</ref> He is a guest professor at [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar|IIT Gandhinagar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitgn.ac.in/faculty/humanities/michel.htm|title=Michel Danino - IIT Gandhinagar|website=www.iitgn.ac.in}}</ref> and has been a member of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]]. In 2017, Government of India conferred [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest civilian honor for his contribution towards Literature & Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/PadmaAwards-2017_25012017.pdf|title=PadmaAwards-2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129231739/http://www.padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/PadmaAwards-2017_25012017.pdf|archive-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>
'''Michel Danino''' (born 4 June 1956) is an Indian author of [[French people|French]] origin.<ref name=rediff>{{cite web|last=Pande Daniel|first=Vaihayasi|title=The Sarasvati was more sacred than Ganga|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/may/22/interview-with-michel-danino.htm|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=8 August 2011|quote=Technically, I am not a 'foreigner': I adopted Indian citizenship some years ago.}}</ref> He is a guest professor at [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar|IIT Gandhinagar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitgn.ac.in/faculty/humanities/michel.htm|title=Michel Danino - IIT Gandhinagar|website=www.iitgn.ac.in}}</ref> and has been a member of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]]. In 2017, Government of India conferred [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest civilian honor for his contribution towards Literature & Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/PadmaAwards-2017_25012017.pdf|title=PadmaAwards-2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129231739/http://www.padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/PadmaAwards-2017_25012017.pdf|archive-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>


== Life in India ==
== Life in India ==
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== Work and reception ==
== Work and reception ==
Danino had authored ''The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati'', which tentatively identified the legendary [[Sarasvati River]], mentioned in [[Rigveda]] with the current [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times of India|title=TOI Crest: Quick review|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/TOI-Crest-Quick-review/articleshow/5988271.cms|access-date=17 February 2020|date=29 May 2010}}</ref> V Rajamani over [[Current Science]] reviewed it in favorable terms and praised Danino for his meticulous research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rajamani|first=V.|date=2010|title=Review of The Lost River – On the Trail of the Sarasvati|journal=Current Science|volume=99|issue=12|pages=1842–1843|issn=0011-3891|jstor=24073512}}</ref>  
Danino had authored ''The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati'', which tentatively identified the legendary [[Sarasvati River]], mentioned in [[Rigveda]] with the current [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times of India|title=TOI Crest: Quick review|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/TOI-Crest-Quick-review/articleshow/5988271.cms|access-date=17 February 2020|date=29 May 2010}}</ref> V Rajamani over [[Current Science]] reviewed it in favorable terms and praised Danino for his meticulous research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rajamani|first=V.|date=2010|title=Review of The Lost River – On the Trail of the Sarasvati|journal=Current Science|volume=99|issue=12|pages=1842–1843|issn=0011-3891|jstor=24073512}}</ref>


[[Peter Heehs]] noted one of his another works, ''Sri Aurobindo and Indian Civilization'', to lack in linguistic knowledge, and being made up by attacks on colonial orientalists and half-informed invocations of nationalist orientalists.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Heehs|first=Peter|date=2003|title=Shades of Orientalism: Paradoxes and Problems in Indian Historiography|journal=History and Theory|volume=42|issue=2|pages=169–195|issn=0018-2656|jstor=3590880|doi=10.1111/1468-2303.00238}}</ref> Heehs also criticized Danino's other works for appropriating [[Sri Aurobindo]] in his campaign against the [[Indo-Aryan migration|Indo-Aryan migrations]], and for distorting Aurobindo's speculative views as assertions.<ref name=":0" /> Danino selectively cherry-picked quotes from his draft-manuscripts and ignored his published works, which were far more nuanced.<ref name=":0" /> Others have accused Danino of pursuing a sectarian [[Hindutva]] oriented scholarship based on [[historical negationism]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guha|first=Sudeshna|date=2005|title=Negotiating Evidence: History, Archaeology and the Indus Civilisation|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=39|issue=2|pages=399–426|issn=0026-749X|jstor=3876625|doi=10.1017/S0026749X04001611|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/717eff3d7d0abc0b4bdbd7f69af7ca7b91074deb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chadha|first=Ashish|date=2011-02-01|title=Conjuring a river, imagining civilisation: Saraswati, archaeology and science in India|journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology|language=en|volume=45|issue=1|pages=55–83|doi=10.1177/006996671004500103|issn=0069-9667}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bhatt|first=Chetan|date=2000-01-01|title=Dharmo rakshati rakshitah : Hindutva movements in the UK|journal=Ethnic and Racial Studies|volume=23|issue=3|pages=559–593|doi=10.1080/014198700328999|issn=0141-9870}}</ref>
[[Peter Heehs]] noted one of his another works, ''Sri Aurobindo and Indian Civilization'', to lack in linguistic knowledge, and being made up by attacks on colonial orientalists and half-informed invocations of nationalist orientalists.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Heehs|first=Peter|date=2003|title=Shades of Orientalism: Paradoxes and Problems in Indian Historiography|journal=History and Theory|volume=42|issue=2|pages=169–195|issn=0018-2656|jstor=3590880|doi=10.1111/1468-2303.00238}}</ref> Heehs also criticized Danino's other works for appropriating [[Sri Aurobindo]] in his campaign against the [[Indo-Aryan migration]]s, and for distorting Aurobindo's speculative views as assertions.<ref name=":0" /> Danino selectively cherry-picked quotes from his draft-manuscripts and ignored his published works, which were far more nuanced.<ref name=":0" /> Others have accused Danino of pursuing a sectarian [[Hindutva]] oriented scholarship based on [[historical negationism]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guha|first=Sudeshna|date=2005|title=Negotiating Evidence: History, Archaeology and the Indus Civilisation|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=39|issue=2|pages=399–426|issn=0026-749X|jstor=3876625|doi=10.1017/S0026749X04001611|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/717eff3d7d0abc0b4bdbd7f69af7ca7b91074deb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chadha|first=Ashish|date=2011-02-01|title=Conjuring a river, imagining civilisation: Saraswati, archaeology and science in India|journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology|language=en|volume=45|issue=1|pages=55–83|doi=10.1177/006996671004500103|issn=0069-9667}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bhatt|first=Chetan|date=2000-01-01|title=Dharmo rakshati rakshitah : Hindutva movements in the UK|journal=Ethnic and Racial Studies|volume=23|issue=3|pages=559–593|doi=10.1080/014198700328999|issn=0141-9870}}</ref>


Danino was a contributing author to an encyclopedic volume by [[Wiley-Blackwell]], on South Asian history and archaeology, about the domain of [[Indus Valley Civilisation]].<ref>{{Cite book|date=2016-06-08|editor-last=Schug|editor-first=Gwen Robbins|editor2-last=Walimbe|editor2-first=Subhash R.|title=A Companion to South Asia in the Past|language=en|doi=10.1002/9781119055280|isbn=9781119055280|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/c8d0e38c9ccb2abbc20b0560ebadc87fa6f6677e}}</ref>
Danino was a contributing author to an encyclopedic volume by [[Wiley-Blackwell]], on South Asian history and archaeology, about the domain of [[Indus Valley Civilisation]].<ref>{{Cite book|date=2016-06-08|editor-last=Schug|editor-first=Gwen Robbins|editor2-last=Walimbe|editor2-first=Subhash R.|title=A Companion to South Asia in the Past|language=en|doi=10.1002/9781119055280|isbn=9781119055280|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/c8d0e38c9ccb2abbc20b0560ebadc87fa6f6677e}}</ref>

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Michel Danino

Michel Danino (born 4 June 1956) is an Indian author of French origin.[1] He is a guest professor at IIT Gandhinagar[2] and has been a member of the Indian Council of Historical Research. In 2017, Government of India conferred Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honor for his contribution towards Literature & Education.[3]

Life in India[edit]

He spent a few years in Auroville, Tamil Nadu before shifting to the Nilgiri mountains, where he resided for two decades. In 2003, he settled near Coimbatore and accepted Indian citizenship.[1]

Work and reception[edit]

Danino had authored The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati, which tentatively identified the legendary Sarasvati River, mentioned in Rigveda with the current Ghaggar-Hakra River.[4] V Rajamani over Current Science reviewed it in favorable terms and praised Danino for his meticulous research.[5]

Peter Heehs noted one of his another works, Sri Aurobindo and Indian Civilization, to lack in linguistic knowledge, and being made up by attacks on colonial orientalists and half-informed invocations of nationalist orientalists.[6] Heehs also criticized Danino's other works for appropriating Sri Aurobindo in his campaign against the Indo-Aryan migrations, and for distorting Aurobindo's speculative views as assertions.[6] Danino selectively cherry-picked quotes from his draft-manuscripts and ignored his published works, which were far more nuanced.[6] Others have accused Danino of pursuing a sectarian Hindutva oriented scholarship based on historical negationism.[7][8][9]

Danino was a contributing author to an encyclopedic volume by Wiley-Blackwell, on South Asian history and archaeology, about the domain of Indus Valley Civilisation.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pande Daniel, Vaihayasi. "The Sarasvati was more sacred than Ganga". Rediff.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011. Technically, I am not a 'foreigner': I adopted Indian citizenship some years ago.
  2. ↑ "Michel Danino - IIT Gandhinagar". www.iitgn.ac.in.
  3. ↑ "PadmaAwards-2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "TOI Crest: Quick review". The Times of India. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Rajamani, V. (2010). "Review of The Lost River – On the Trail of the Sarasvati". Current Science. 99 (12): 1842–1843. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 24073512.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Heehs, Peter (2003). "Shades of Orientalism: Paradoxes and Problems in Indian Historiography". History and Theory. 42 (2): 169–195. doi:10.1111/1468-2303.00238. ISSN 0018-2656. JSTOR 3590880.
  7. ↑ Guha, Sudeshna (2005). "Negotiating Evidence: History, Archaeology and the Indus Civilisation". Modern Asian Studies. 39 (2): 399–426. doi:10.1017/S0026749X04001611. ISSN 0026-749X. JSTOR 3876625.
  8. ↑ Chadha, Ashish (1 February 2011). "Conjuring a river, imagining civilisation: Saraswati, archaeology and science in India". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 45 (1): 55–83. doi:10.1177/006996671004500103. ISSN 0069-9667.
  9. ↑ Bhatt, Chetan (1 January 2000). "Dharmo rakshati rakshitah : Hindutva movements in the UK". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 23 (3): 559–593. doi:10.1080/014198700328999. ISSN 0141-9870.
  10. ↑ Schug, Gwen Robbins; Walimbe, Subhash R., eds. (8 June 2016). A Companion to South Asia in the Past. doi:10.1002/9781119055280. ISBN 9781119055280.

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