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In pop depictions of Indian culture, one sees the bride severing links with her folks to stay with husband But e.g. from antiquity exist of great आचार्य's who were moulded intelle...
Valid points in the thread The triumph of Khariboli-register of Hindi in Indo-Aryan India is perhaps the big cultural story of the last 200+ years But this is also caused by the...
Hot take on culture Much of what gets positioned as rich cultural diversity is a result of tyranny of distance Subcultures develop when homogenizing influences are kept at bay by...
Tucker is no doubt susceptible to tendencies towards casual racism But this video isn't as bad as it has been made out to be. Yes, you can object to the rather stupid "British cre...
On this post's import If the modern "North Indian" (a combo of Steppe+IVC+Andamanese) had genetically materialized by 1600 BCE as suggested by Bustan_BA_o2 sample, it suggests a 1...
Have some issues with this well intentioned thread It was not Britain that destroyed monarchies of the countries they colonized. These monarchies weren't nimble to adjust to the z...
Very often when discussing population movements and assimilations within India, we've speculated - To what extent did the North Indian migrants to Deep South in the historical pe...
"IVC" which so many Indians love to glorify was not discovered till early 1900s. It was unknown to Indians until the white man dug it up Now "nationalists" want to ascribe all sor...
The debate on Indian genetic history is at some kind of a deadlock now.. Mainstream view : Mature IVC period had no steppe autosomal R1A's entry possibly in late IVC period Moder...
Those grudging the choice of Shivaji's seal in the naval ensign miss one thing No other empire (not Cholas, not Vijayanagara) has spawned an ideology that has continuity to this d...
On the eve of गणेश चतुर्थि, it is worth reflecting on गणेश's remarkable influence on Carnatic music Perhaps no other deity has inspired as many great musical compositions as गणेश...
My take on language has changed radically since I started learning Sanskrit KVs / CBSE schools ought to have a three language formula. But it needs to be English, Hindi, another I...