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S2E12: History and myth always live together: a conversation with Wendy Doniger

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How Did You Come to Study India?

As a little girl, i knew about stories about india. Then in high school, when i was 12 and 13, i studied latin,. And my latin teacher, just privately, for fun, taught me greek. And i liked greek even better than latin, because it was older and it had a different script. My latin and greek teacher said, well, if you like that, you might very well like sanscrit. I never doubted it for a minute. It was i never looked back. Studied sanscrit all his life, and then studied indian literature more broadly. But it begats how it all began, long time ago now.

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