This refers to the article, “The hidden agenda in overt sloganeering” (February 23) by Sandhya Jain. To understand what eminent Sanskrit scholar Sheldon Pollock is up to, one must read Rajiv Malhotra’s book, The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or liberating, Dead or AliveIJ As for great language scientist Noam Chomsky of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is not as great as some of his peers at the institute. Therefore, he is poking his nose everywhere, only to expose a lack of intellect outside his specialty.