How Greedy American Universities Saved Indian Literature

12/30/24 BBC report about American universities starting in the 1950s bought vast numbers of books in India, leading to a situation where Indian scholars have to come to America to research their own past.   While the body of the article sort of judges the universities poorly, the end of the article quotes an Indian scholar:

""The books are safe, valued, accessible and used. I've visited libraries, archives and institutions in every part of India and the story in our country is universally dismal. Here they were lost or destroyed or neglected or very often made inaccessible."