[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c5.s2.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s2.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.3) Terms like protest, dissent, heterodoxy (in a generalized sense), deviation from the mainstream, etc. are irrelevant in the Indian context. Ideological divergence obtaining in a plural context cannot be expressed in a terminology clearly implying a non-linear situation. It is indeed a pity that a modern scholar has been obliged to point out chinks in a non-existent monolith. But such are the consequences of a failure to critically evaluate the historical model before putting it into use.²⁰ - [Previous: c5.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.2) - [Next: c5.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.4) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.3) · Pramāṇa