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...Washbrook explains, "Americans' neglect of India is understandable-the South Asian community in the United States is substantially smaller than other Asian communities...
...interested in India in large part because of a particular teacher I had at Cambridge. He seemed to be the only person studying something that was truly alive," Washbrook explains. "I was very bored with European kings and queens and all that stuff...
...advantages of being in England is that the best historical archive of material on India is in London," says Washbrook. "But Widener has done remarkably well in keeping up, especially given that Harvard hasn't been teaching much on India...
...Washbrook added, though, that he was not at Harvard to do research so much as to teach. In fact, he says he plans to take on an even heavier teaching load. "I'm quite keen to teach another, more specialized course next year. Otherwise, it would be rather a letdown if you did happen to get interested in this stuff, and there were only introductory courses available...
...Washbrook admits that his enthusiasm for teaching Harvard students might be tempered before next fall. "Harvard students seem excellent. It may be that I see the best of it, because only those who are sincerely interested in the subject are taking my course this semester. Maybe after the experience of teaching a core course, my views will be very different...