Doctrinal differences were treated very seriously, carefully outlined and engaged energetically. Reason had an important role in deciding among interpretations, reconciling conflicting passages, and in demonstrating that the claims of the pramāṇa are not inconsistent with what we know about the world and ourselves from other pramāṇas. There was an appreciation for scriptural scholarship.When scripture is no longer seen as a pramāṇa, its study, exegesis and interpretation are not very important. The intellectual disciplines that aid interpretation are also less valued. The championing of experience (anubhava) over scripture and the failure to articulate a proper relationship between these two are primary reasons for the decline of Hindu theology in contemporary times. The decline of a vigorous theological tradition in contemporary Hinduism is one of the reasons, I believe, why, with a few notable exceptions, there is little study and engagement with Hindu theology in theological schools, colleges and universities. Very few in the academic world are familiar with the tradition of treating the Upaniṣads as pramāṇa and the vigorous scholarship associated with this approach This is the core of my argument and it has nothing to do with an argument about Yoga making people less intelligent! It is most unfortunate that Mr. Malhotra, in his presentation of my work, violates a fundamental requirement of the Hindu intellectual tradition – care and accuracy in representing the opponent’s views. There is no practice of pūrva pakṣa without honoring this practice.