Anyone who uses the following terms to "explain" India is deeply colonized. They are using memes fabricated by the British for subjugation and narrative control. Which memes:
1. Caste
2. Brahmanism
3. "Aryan" race/Aryan Invasion
4. "Adivasi"/"tribal"
5. "Dravidian" as a "race"
These terms simply did not exist in pre-colonial Indian conception or they were distorted to serve imperialism in colonial scholarship. Resist and reclaim the narrative.
The "theory" of the "Caste System" is based on a fervent belief in Black Magic. 😏
Usually a scientific theory would be discarded when evidence shows that it doesn't work. Because these memes are not based on scientific theories but on colonial projection of Eurocentric dogma, they forever mutate on evidence, can't be disproven.
There are no biological markers that distinguish so-called "adivasis/tribals" from other Indians. "Adivasi" is a made-up word, a translation of aboriginal, trying to map European colonialism to India (to show "caste Hindus" colonized India.). It's a fake.
newscientist.com/article/dn1470…
Similarly there is no "Dravidian race" The DNA of Indians is completely mixed—a DNA test could not determine what language someone speaks in India. "Race" itself is an unscientific construction with roots in Biblical theology. At best, there are language families in India.
We don't even need all these "DNA studies." These memes simply did not exist in this way in pre-colonial India. To free India from the grip of colonial scholarship, we need to look at the range of vocabulary & experience of Indians free of the assumptions in these colonial ideas.
People are asking, explain what was there. Here is a preliminary thread.
Of course, pretty much every institution of the Indian State is colonial. They are the worst offenders. And no "babudom" cannot fix it. They are recruited on this basis. And trained for it.
Since we are talking about the state:
A thread on European race theory and its Orientalist construction of India.
One can add
6. Fascism
to the list of terms.
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