Dear Mr. Rajasekharan and other professional colleagues In response to Mr. Rajasekharan's remark about Kerala University's decision to stop part-time research facility to librarians, I would like to say with all respect to him that he has also become part of the feudal librarianship. Dear Rajasekharan sir, your remark is quite unreasonable, unbecoming and unexpected from a senior professional like you. What do you expect from academic research? You must also remember that Law of Gravity was not the result of any part-time or full time research. I would like to express my solidarity with Dr. Chudamani who took Ph. D. with the interest of acquiring knowledge. I took my Ph.D. from Calicut University through part-time research. You can find more than a dozen Ph.D. theses in library science in Calicut University contributed through part-time as well as full time research. You may kindly compare these theses and come to a conclusion whether quality comes out of part-time or full time if you have deep knowledge in research methodology. There may be good and bad theses in both the groups. Sir, quality comes out of human endeavour, not through stream of research. Dozens of students and researchers including the full time scholars in central universities are contacting me regularly over phone and e-mail to clarify their doubts in research methods and for assistance. It is not because I have done full time Ph.D. You may be right in one sense that some persons are getting some posts through political influence. Let them enjoy that. Sir, if you do not know, I have Ist Rank MLISc, NET, Ph. D, PGDCA and some other degrees. Many of them I acquired after entering the library profession. I got no extra paise out of this. Even after 15 years of service, I am still a Junior Librarian without having even the eligibility to apply for the post of Deputy Librarian and I do not have research guideship in any Indian university. In your opinion this may be because of the political mafia in Kerala rather academic mafia I would say. You must not forget about people who have received and are still receiving all the benefits of UGC without doing anything. I do feel that doing something whether research or any other academic/ professional activity is better than simply sleeping in the library and receiving UGC salary. The feudal thought of some "man gods" in library science that every thing should revolve round him has already shattered the library profession in Kerala. You too have bitter experience of that kind. We expect supporting words and helping hands to the young professionals from people like you. -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai (Secretary, Kerala Library Association, Kozhikode Region) Calicut University Study Centre P.T.Usha Road Kozhikode-673 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.