Media Coverage

Wharton Faculty ex-Faculty Professor Francisco Gil-White in U Penn Daily Pennsylvanian,  March 21, 2012,  "The Penn Hindus are right: This is about freedom of speech (they are also right on the facts)"
http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/03/guest-column-the-penn-hindus-are-right-this-is-about-freedom-of-speech-they-are-also-right-on-the-fa

Wharton Faculty, Saswati, swati@ee.upenn.edu, Niti’s Central,  The Wharton debacle: A University of Pennsylvania professor writes why it was wrong to disinvite Modi (quoting outdated Human Rights report that was disproven by Supreme Court SIT)
Part 1: http://www.niticentral.com/2013/03/08/the-wharton-debacle-53490.html
Part 2: http://www.niticentral.com/2013/03/09/wharton-debacle-a-upenn-professor-writes-why-it-was-wrong-to-disinvite-modi-53544.html

Arvind Kumar, Daily Pennsylvanian, Attacks on Hindus play out in the theater of the absurd, http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/03/your-voice-attacks-on-hindus-play-out-in-the-theater-of-the-absurd

One India, March 6, 2013, US lawmaker, Congressman, and Ranking member of Subcommittee on Asia Mr. Eni Faleomavaega chides Wharton - http://news.oneindia.in/2013/03/06/support-for-modi-grows-us-lawmaker-chides-wharton-1164907.html

The Economic Times and several Indian mainstream media, Marc 6, 2013, Wharton-Modi controversy unfortunate and disrespectful: USIBC Ron Somers
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-06/news/37500205_1_ron-somers-usibc-wharton-india-economic-forum

Huffington Post, The Hijacking of Wharton, Rajeev Malhotra,  March 7, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rajiv-malhotra/the-hijacking-of-wharton_b_2814421.html

Sunday Guardian, Ram Jethmalini, Let truth be known about Modi,  March 8, 2012
http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/let-truth-be-known-about-modi

How Wharton Scored a Huge Self-Goal - Sandeep B http://www.sandeepweb.com/2013/03/05/wharton-scored-a-huge-self-goal/

ITBL,  Wharton MODIfied...!, March 4, 2013,
http://www.ibtl.in/news/opinion/2076/wharton-modified

Wharton and Modi: Political gamesmanship won over business savvy - Dr Aseem Shukla, Hindu American Foundation http://www.rediff.com/news/column/wharton-and-modi-how-political-gamesmanship-beat-business-savvy/20130306.htm

Fiasco of Modi at Wharton - Rajeev Srinivasan http://www.niticentral.com/2013/03/05/fiasco-of-modi-at-wharton-52433.html

B-School basics: Why Wharton is wrong in disinviting Narendra Modi - Manish Sabharwal, Wharton Alumni http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-05/news/37469757_1_wharton-india-responsible-student-body-wharton-school


Wall Street Journal poll, March 5th, 2013, Out of 5875 polled,  5394 said Wharton made a wrong decision.  http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/03/05/poll-was-wharton-right-or-wrong-to-revoke-modis-invitation/



News about dropping from the forum by keynote speaker (former Union Minister) and a major sponsor
http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-MUM-shiv-sena---s-suresh-prabhu-joins-gautam-adani-cancels-wharton-visit-4197723-NOR.html

Wharton paper, Daily Pennsylvanian, Backlash results from cancellation on Indian state minister - http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/03/cancellation-on-indian-state-minister-results-in-backlash

Wharton paper, Daily Pennsylvanian, Wharton forum cancels on Indian state minister Modi - http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/03/wharton-forum-cancels-on-indian-state-minister-modi

Wharton Alumni,  Praveen Chakarvarty,  Wharton and Narendra Modi?s missing speech
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/RXO1W6HYxON6RLn2NOCWdM/Wharton-and-Narendra-Modis-missing-speech.html

Wharton Alumni, Manish Sabharwal,  B-School basics: Why Wharton is wrong in disinviting Narendra Modi
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/comments-analysis/b-school-basics-why-wharton-is-wrong-in-disinviting-narendra-modi/articleshow/18801285.cms?curpg=2

I welcome Nagendraji's suggestions in setting the proper tone for engagement with Wharton.  They are clearly on the backfoot, and even the school newspaper that is typically a liberal bastion took a position against the forum .  http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/03/editorial-a-closed-forum-is-no-forum

Also, my interview with the New York Times blog team in response to Ania Loomba is published today http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/why-wharton-made-a-mistake-in-rescinding-narendra-modis-invite/


Columbia & Lee Bollinger vs. UPenn & Amy Gutmann - The Modi Saga http://cinemarasik.com/2013/03/09/columbia--lee-bollinger-vs-upenn--amy-gutmann.aspx


Inside story: why Wharton cancelled Modi's lecture http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Why-Wharton-had-to-axe-Narendra-Modi-s-lecture/Article1-1021161.aspx

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