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1 1 E D I T O R I A L N O T E1

If two is company and three is crowd, with its third issue the ROJNISHI is join-ing the crowd. It is hoped that this will not crowd it into obscurity, but will stimu-late greater concern for more desirable trends in historical research, particularly trendsthat will help us understand better the forces at work in India of our days. While theworld is reacting with jitters to OrweLlian 1984, the historians alone can claim theprivilege of smuggly postponing their judgement guided by their hindsight, and with

Ors*llian concern for freedom they can tell you that how the world got into 1984 is amatter of history. Mankind spawns its own Frankensteins, and it will be the job of thehistorians ofRO JNISHI to analyse this process at work in this part of the world.

The present issue includes essays that touch on areas that fall in line with thekind of approach suggested above. 'Minorities' form an important ingredient of theIndian social kaleidoscope. Prof. E. Barkan invites multiple perspectives and methodo-logies to bear upon research on minorities. Mr. Lonkar brings to our notice the pioneer-ing thinking on economic issues in Western India as contained in the writings of Ram-krishna Vishvanath. Not unlike V. K. Rajwade's contribution, exclusive use of Marathi

language to propound their views denied them the recognition they deserved. Dr. K.S. Sastry opens new vistas for research in the silent and unobtrusive role played bythe Indians in the development of dernocra tic training. Not all former colonies of GreatBritain have been able to develop as strong a democra tic tradition as India has done.It is important to understand what has made this possible.

While countenancing a future fraught with economic insecurities, the ROJNISHIlooks back at its past 'protected status' as provided by Dr. M. E. Cherian, the Presi-dent of Spicer Memorial College, with gratitude.

Dr. T. R. de SouzaExecutive Editor

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2.Honour from the Portuguese Aca- geographical proximity, and flows ofdemy of History population, trade and capital.

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In recognition of his contribution toa revival of Indo-Portuguese studiesthrough personal research, as found-

er-Director of the Xavier Centre ofHistorical Research (Goa), and as

Convenor of 3rd international semi-nar on Indo-Portuguese history (Jan.1983), Dr. Teotonio R. de Souza( Dept. of History, University of

Poona) has been awarded member-ship of the Portuguese Academy ofHistory (former Royal Academy ofHistory founded in 1720). The otherIndian historian also nominated forthe same award isDr. John Correia-Afonso, S. J., Director of Heras

Institute, Bombay. The PortugueseAcademy of History had no overseasmember (academicocorrespondente)in India after the death of Dr. P. S.

S. Pissurlencar in 1969.

3. Canadian Historians Meet Acaderny

of History, University of Poona

Three historians of a 4-member teamthat participated in a workshop onIndo-Canadian studies sponsored bythe UGC in New Delhi in mid-December 1983 met members of theAcademy of History, University ofPoona. Dr. Vivian Nelles (the othertwo were Drs. Carl Berger and G. R.Cock) delivered a talk on "United

States as a factor in making ofCanadian economy". In a brief, yetenlightening expose, Dr. Nelles ofYork University threw light on policy

perceptions in Canada in the contextof very close economic links between

Canada and the United States.These links were analyses in terms of

4. A Visiting Fulbright Lecturer at Dept.

of History, University of Poona

Dr. Elliott R. Barkan of the Cali-

fornia State College, San Bernardino,

and coordinator of Ethnic Studies

Programme, spent about five monthsat the University of Poona as visitingFulbright Lecturer. Dr. Barkan hadto cut short his one-year assignmentowing to some pressing personal pro-blems. However, during his short stayDr. Barkan conducted one semester

course on American History at theDept. of History, and delivered

lectures on topics related to hisspecialization at univers'ties of Delhi,Jamilia Millia, Meerut, Kurukshetra,Jadavpur, Calcutta, Kalyani, Santini-ketan, Utkal and Baroda.

Seminar on Impact of Buddhism on

the Life and Culture of South India

(Bangalore, 18th-20th Dec. 1983).Over 50 scholars participated in thisseminar sponsored by the Mythic

Society. The seminar was inaugurated

by Prof. P. M. Joshi, retired Director

of Bombay Archives and an eminent

historian of Medieval Deccan. The

proceedings scanned such areas asliterature, philosophy and religion.

Dr. K. N. Chitnis, ex-Chairman ofthe Academy of History (Dept. of

History, University of Poona), pre-sented a paper on "Buddhism and

Natha Cult in Maharashtra" throw-ing light upon the language of

Sahajayana in Jnaneshwar and uponthe vestiges of Buddhism in Datta-treya and Varkari cults.

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