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The following is a list of all entries from the General Interest category.
The Real History of India – Part 8: Parpola Lecture disproves Farmer/Witzel/Sproat
Filed in General Interest, March 7, 2008, 12:13 pm by SukumarTweetUpdated again March 16, 2008: Varnam.org includes this post in their History Carnival. Thanks a lot Varnam.org. We are honored. — Updated again March 9, 2008: Steve Farmer sent me an email and was kind enough to explain to me why my post was moderated out. I accepted his explanation. But i told Steve that […]
The Real History of India – Part 7: Chariots, Horses and Thunderbolts
Filed in General Interest, March 1, 2008, 11:11 pm by SukumarTweetUpdated March 4, 2008: Asko Parpola covers the IVC Script & Aryan Invasion Theory debate in his interview in the Hindu newspaper today. Updated March 3, 2008: Sreedhar said he was not able to access the ODS format spreadsheet. I have uploaded the Excel format as well. Sorry about that. Prolog: In this post, we […]
Improvements through inaction – factoids from a lazy bum
Filed in General Interest, February 29, 2008, 10:38 am by SukumarTweetIt is my pleasure to present NK Sreedhar’s first blog post. Myself and Priya Raju have known NK Sreedhar for over 11 years now. Over the years, Sreedhar and his wife Hema have become one of our best friends. Here he takes on a tough topic wrapping it with his great sense of humor. Please […]
The Age of Innocence
Filed in General Interest, February 27, 2008, 7:58 am by Priya RajuTweetIn the Summer of 1985, Class X of “Sacred Heart Girls Convent” suffered an electric jolt. To be precise, there were 65 of us in the class (Hey – India is a densely populated country) & 64 of us were shocked out of our wits. As for the 65th scholar – Well, this post is […]
The Real History of India – Part 6: Aryan Invasion Theory
Filed in General Interest, February 24, 2008, 9:10 am by SukumarTweetProlog: Now that we have established the religion that was followed in the IVC, we will take a look at the Aryan Invasion Theory debate. The words “Aryan Invasion” seem to suggest that there was a sudden death for the Dravidians, the words “Aryan Infusion” seem to suggest a benign and gentle influence, the words […]
