“Commentary How Caste Politics, Communism and Congress Transformed Mysore University into a Crematorium of Knowledge”, The Dharma Dispatch, April 07, 2026
“Summary
How India’s once-glorious University of Mysore became a cremation ground of knowledge; a powerful eyewitness account of political interference, caste politics, and the systematic destruction of higher education in post-Independence India.
Preface
THE MOTTO OF the University of Mysore is a perfect mirror that reflects the original ideal and aspiration of its founders. It is the profound phrase from the Bhagavad Gita: Na hi jñānena sadṛśam — There is nothing equal to knowledge. Politics
The verse containing this phrase not only proclaims the supremacy of Self-Knowledge (Atma Vidya) but also, in a concise form, indicates the path to its attainment. In other words, it is in complete harmony with the fundamental philosophy, concepts, and practices of our country’s tradition of education and knowledge. The foundation of this tradition is the tenet embodied in, Sā vidyā yā vimuktaye (That is knowledge which leads to liberation). The meaning is clear: only that education which is a means to spiritual liberation (Moksha) is true education…..”
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