I read the last link, the one about a cult in academic land.

Goodness that professor Chatterji was an old school guru type.  The same traditions as the Rawats.  What a horrible woman and Shapiro didn't look much better.

Fascinating story.  I have at times wished I had gone to uni but over the years I have noticed that academia seems to be a bit crazy, just as much as any other field.  And this story sort of tops off the cake!

It's all about grants isn't it.  Grants and well paid positions.  Slightly less crazy if you think of it like that but what a miserable story - a vicious intense lunatic  self-serving cult being supported as a course of studies even when they knew about it.

and what's the course of studies about anyway?