Vandals Attack Research Center in India in Retaliation for Help It Gave to American Scholar

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

Angry Hindu activists ransacked India's prestigious Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute on Monday, tearing pages out of rare Sanskrit manuscripts, breaking windows, and smashing equipment. The protesters attacked the institute because it had given research assistance to an American...

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