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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
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Aug 7, 2020 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
We have to remember how it works.

Globalization and "free markets" was great economic wisdom pushed by the West, when they wanted access to markets of others.

When that caused harm to their labor force, it is a "dangerous tide" to "reverse."
This is not about Trump per se. It is to understand how the policies and "gyan" that emerges from the West is self-serving.

As is their "South Asianism" and the #BreakingIndia narrative from the academy.
Absolutely. Problem is when Indian received these ideologies and confuse them with "truth."

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Jun 19
Many manual scavengers of today can be traced back to the Muslim invasions.

"scholars such as Malkani (1980) among others established that the Bhangis (manual scavengers) were warriors who made captives after they became the prey to the enemy, particularly Muslim invaders..." Image
So warriors aka kshatriyas, became bhangis due to Islamic force. So much for Islam being "emancipatory"—they created dalits.

"The people who were made captives were
forced to clean indoor latrines and to dispose of the night soil. When these captives were set free, they were not allowed to live in society, and they thus formed a separate caste of Bhangis and continued the work of scavenging.Image
And manual scavenging become widespread due to the other "emancipators of dalits", the British.

Manual scavenging "was expanded along with the expansion of towns or cities over the last two hundred years... it was legalized and spread across India during the British period." Image
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Jun 18
I don't come from a Brahmin jaati. But I find the hate against this small minority of Brahmins in India appalling. And it is mainstreamed by the Left today though its origins are in colonial missionary scholarship which saw Brahmins as the biggest impediment for conversion of Hindus. This is why they created fake narratives of "Brahminical oppression." Naturally conversion by the White Christian saviors was the antidote to this oppression. It was the solution for which the problem was created.

Ultimately Brahmin-hate is a proxy for Hindu-hate. We must speak up against it.
Unfortunately, many on the Left who propagate this hate are also (jaati) Brahmins as part of intellectual fashion. But in Abrahamic conflicts, they will be strung up just like the others. That's who we need to wake up.
This is not speculation, it's exactly how it has happened. The Islamic army of Pakistan specifically targeted Brahmin academics in Dhaka, many of whom were Leftists. They were all slaughtered.

garudabooks.com/bengals-hindu-…
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Jun 13
Have you noticed you how Indian restaurants are getting so generic. They all have the same menu. Every one has palak paneer and tandoori roti and dal makhani, from a dhaba to a 5-star. With some "hot and sour soup" and "chili manchurian" thrown in for good measure. All in English only of course, even in a dhaba in UP.

Only Mughlai and Chinese food in English is "Indian"?

I was reading the manuscript of an upcoming book from @GarudaPrakashan, "Hindi Medium Types" and this phrase struck me: “No Indian home has a tandoor, but Indian food has tandoori roti.”

How did we get so lost?
Yes, but imagine a country where no "upscale" restaurant has anything you'd eat at home. And the only place you'd get tawa roti and regular daal is at a very poor man's stall. (the middle class dhaba would have the "standard" menu).

In your 5-star hotels? In most restaurants?

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Apr 26
How is caste a British creation? People
cite traditional references to dispute this.

But the rules and mapping of varna/jati were dynamic and there was no centralized enforcement. The British took a disparate system of social norms and bureaucratized it into a “caste system.”
This caste system was created through institutions like the caste census, combined with colonial scholarship that fabricated narratives of the “static Orient” with “5000 years of caste oppression.”

This was based on cherry-picking references, ignoring counter-evidence and then teaching this “theory” via academia and the bureaucracy.
Those theories were then built into the constitution of India and later inserted into every part of Indian society via job and educational reservations by the modern Indian state.

Colonial-origin academia built on those theories and entitlements created by quotas and “caste certificates” given by the state ensued there were powerful political constituencies with a vested interest in continuing the system.
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Apr 23
I was among the first to criticize the BJP for not doing enough for Hindu civilizational issues and also for its minority schemes.

This critique is from 2016.

However the alternative is *much* worse. If the Congress alliance comes to power, it will take us decades back—economically, socially, civilizationally—and viciously target Hindus even more than it has done before.

There is only one choice in this election for Hindus and indeed for all Indians who care about India. Set your doubts aside and go out and vote.

swarajyamag.com/amp/story/idea…
I'd say in the list of achievements:

1. Article 370 repeal
2. Bifurcation of J&K
3. Ram Mandir (though I give only partial credit to them, but they created the "mahaul for SC judgment.)
4. Start on Indian languages in Higher Ed
5. IKS initiative

And definitely be aware about the alternative.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Feb 27
I asked @google Gemini an identical question about 3 different religions.

"What are the problems with x (religion)"

Check its answers.

In the case of Islam, it found the question itself problematic and refused to list any problems. Image
In case of Hinduism, it goes on to list specific things after a generic disclaimer.

Apparently, while Gemini has no problems listing "caste system" and "gender inequality" among problems of Hinduism, it does not dare to list even "gender inequality" as a problem with Islam. Image
With Christianity, again Gemini didn't have problems with listing issues such as "Treatment of Women", Homosexuality and LGBTQ rights, Intolerance and Exclusivism. All of these apply equally, if not more, to Islam, but Gemini wouldn't list those in that case. Image
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