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nothing could predate this Mesopotamian cradle in terms of antiquity. Hence Max Mueller had designated 1,500 B.C. as the age of advent of the Indo-Aryans.
The oldest genes of this R 1a 1a Haplogroup however has been found not in Southern Europe or Central Asia but in India. Since this haplogroup originates from a single common male ancestor, it suggests that this haplogroup migrated from India outwards and not vice versa.
The rediscovery of the Sarasvati River therefore puts a serious question mark on the age of the Rig Veda.
Thus silk was being used in South Asia for more than 2,000 years before the introduction of domesticated silk from China.
The Vedic language therefore has to be interpreted correctly and can lend itself to several layers of meaning often depending upon the experiential context of the reader.
The start of the Kaliyuga—the age of Iron and machines—but a state of civilisational decay and decline however in terms of morality and values.
The amazing fact is that the post-colonial state in India tacitly accepted this Imperial Justice premise. In its Constitution it deftly replaced Imperial Justice with the enigmatic term—Social Justice; and the anglicized Nehru-Gandhi dynasty became the new set of impartial arbiters after the colonial rulers left the scene.
How did these rickety wooden chariots cross the high Himalayan passes and the Hindukush defiles of the Khyber and Bolan?
American universities play a very important role in the way India studies itself.
The Indian DNA is fairly mixed and common, north and south of the Vindhyas. However, perpetuating the concept of Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines is central to the project of Breaking India.
This nation was actually partitioned on the basis of religion.
The current attempt is to splinter it along the faultline of caste.
Ahimsa was deliberately extolled as a prime Indian virtue, which would ensure that the natives never staged another armed revolt.
Under the guise of social reform movements—they were taught to loathe and despise their own civilisation and its values.
The Indian Constitution deftly replaced the concept of Imperial Justice with the notion of Social Justice.
The faultlines of caste and creed were made the very basis of post-independence politics in India. In fact, the caste faultlines were deepened and sharpened
As long as there is caste, there will be no India.”
