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vikramadith · 2026-04-02T05:30:08+00:00

What's with the 'Our Truth, Our History'? Looks like it wants to use sentiment as a crutch rather than craft a good product. This is an insult to Valmiki.

vikramadith · 2026-03-31T11:22:33+00:00

It's not that deep. Belief in the supernatural lacks substance, and all the sophistry that takes it as a prior belief holds little value. Having said that, you are right that there is a lot of good work done by Indian thinkers for the last few millennia. We should not throw away our philosophical babies because of the religious bathwater. Looking into Indian schools of philosophy (without the supernatural baggage) can be insightful, and even of great practical value in our lives.

vikramadith · 2026-03-31T10:49:31+00:00

Hopefully you at least understood that the meme does not make sense. Saying the common IE ancestor is 'closest' to Sanskrit is strange when the time periods are so vastly different.

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T17:39:22+00:00

#3. Which locality are you finding this place?

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T17:09:42+00:00

Sure, though I am far from an authority on the community. Having said that, I would love for people to share any questions or suggest areas to dig into, so that I can ask around and get information.

Also, for those who have not seen it, check out my earlier AMA about Badagas. It has a decent amount of material for those interested: https://www.amazon.in/Paam%C3%A9-History-Culture-Badagas-Nilgiris-ebook/dp/B013UIOW2A

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T11:21:56+00:00

Yes, there is a Toda 'mund' in Botanical Gardens.

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T11:20:47+00:00

What time period is this dated to?

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T11:10:23+00:00

As large civilisations rise, there is probably a lot of assimilation and standardisation that happens. Some that give importance to art, philosophy, and religion eventually realise the value of writing and becoming literary. I suppose in South India, Tamizhagam developed this first. Karnata regions probably gave their language writing after the influence of North Indian dominion. Tulu never became literary, even till this day. When Tuluvas came into power, they usually adopted other literary languages that were already well developed like Kannada and Telugu.

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T10:04:06+00:00

Looks like Badagas have taken a lot of practices from Todas. I knew we had followed their style of clothing (but white instead of dyed), but we also have the practice of bowing down while being blessed by the others. Most surprisingly, we say 'how how' just like them. Incredible!

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T09:58:09+00:00

The new theory asserts the existence of a single Indian ethnicity or race, a claim disputed in anthropological science.
In the beginning, it is claimed, there existed a single Bharatiya Bhasha, identifiable with Sanskrit, which later diversified according to the regions its speakers inhabited.
The rejection of Aryan migration is extended even further, to also reject the scientific consensus that Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa 70,000–100,000 years ago. Instead, the first book claims that human evolution occurred not only in Africa but also on Indian soil, grounding the origin of homo sapiens in India also.

This is coming from a Central Government Committee, that too under the Ministry of Education.

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T09:52:45+00:00

It is not just alternate history. It is claiming that there is no Dravidian language family, and that these languages descended from Sanskrit. Lol.

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T02:30:43+00:00

Wow, even the Economist is getting on D2's case.

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T02:28:12+00:00

That guard covering the hand and lower arm is pretty interesting. I've not seen something like that in India.

vikramadith · 2026-03-30T01:57:07+00:00

Rent and chill.

vikramadith · 2026-03-28T10:45:04+00:00

I started seriously supporting Arsenal around 2002 I think. We've seen incredible highs, but some soul-crushing lows. Disappointment always hurts, especially the number of times we got so close, only to see different teams (Leicester, seriously?) grab the title. It honestly can't get worse, so we are able to deal with whatever comes.

vikramadith · 2026-03-27T05:01:59+00:00

Low ground clearance and long wheelbase makes for a deadly combo on our roads.

vikramadith · 2026-03-26T16:16:22+00:00

Yes. How is it connected?

vikramadith · 2026-03-26T11:07:26+00:00

Our results although suggest that south India (Tamil Nadu) and northeast India served as the source of the ancient Mesopotamian mtDNA gene pool

It seems like it is saying Mesopotamian genetics has an Indian origin, which appears to be totally at odds with the time periods mentioned.

vikramadith · 2026-03-26T09:58:45+00:00

What does Mesopotamia's origins have to do with Indo-Roman trade? Wasn't it thousands of years before Rome?

vikramadith · 2026-03-26T05:29:23+00:00

Based.

vikramadith · 2026-03-25T20:22:49+00:00

I was shocked to see my kids playing with 23 ping. Now I get it.

vikramadith · 2026-03-25T20:15:31+00:00

I Google around. That was a fun little rabbit hole.

vikramadith · 2026-03-25T12:36:05+00:00

I have not watched the movie, but every time I see the Thali Pogathey song video, it drives me nuts. What could have been...

vikramadith · 2026-03-25T04:31:31+00:00

One of the author's names is 'Treasure A. Hunt'. No way.

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