India’s Unique Place in the World of Numbers and Numerals – I
This article was intended to be purely informative, and to serve no purpose other than pointing out three uniquely special features of Indian numbers and numerals. But, inevitably, I found one more strong piece More...
आर्य आक्रमण सिद्धांत- बाबासाहब आंबेडकर के चश्मे से
इतिहास के कई जूठे सिद्धांत को अब भी पढ़ाया जा रहा है। उसी में से एक है – आर्य आक्रमण More...
Periyar’s lies regarding Ramayana
The recent controversy over the vandalism of Periyar’s statue in Vellore, Tamil Nadu has yet again cast the spotlight on his legacy. Erode Venkata Ramasamy, more commonly known as ‘Periyar’ was a social More...
The Politics of British Orientalism: Evangelism and the Aryan-Dravidian Dichotomy
Knowledge is Political Any knowledge that does not strictly fall within the boundaries of the physical sciences can be, and often is, intensely political. By this I chiefly mean two things. Firstly, its character More...
Narrative and meta-narrative in Tony Joseph’s opus on ‘Aryan’ Invasion Theory
It is remarkably ironic that the last word — positively the very last word — on paleoanthropology was produced by Tony Joseph in The Hindu newspaper “How genetics is settling the Aryan Invasion debate” More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be- 4
[contextly_sidebar id=”FAmh6weC1d8LxuA52sabhriXmuo5CX5q”] What makes Indian culture and history unique is the multiplicity of conflicting narratives that it is made up of. From those emerging from the More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be- 3
[contextly_sidebar id=”5XSpl0cxDCsgE1p0g0dkR7I5AcS0QtNq”] In part 1 and 2 of this four-part series we discussed the views emerging from the Indian and foreign gaze respectively. The Indian gaze comprises More...
Aryan Invasion Myth: How 21st Century Science Debunks 19th Century Indology
The Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) needs no introduction. It is the bedrock upon which Indian history has been written. Its central thesis has three main components: India’s original inhabitants were “dark-skinned” More...
Revisiting Aryan issue: In Conversation with Shrikant Talageri
What is the Aryan Invasion Theory? What is the basic premise? What are the problems associated with this theory? Can there be another alternative? Kushal Mehra discusses this and some other related issues with Shrikant More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be-1
Like the story of the proverbial blind men and the elephant, India’s cultural history too has many narratives. Each is different and given to fierce debate. Most of us hold on to one point of view without having More...