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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
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Dec 19, 2020 • 11 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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… Image
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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This is path-breaking if validated.

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If this the society to emulate? Image
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BJP has a great fear of doing something for "their own" in case they're accused of favoritism.

So they consistently bend over to woo those who hate them and do very little for those who vote for and support them.

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Congress otoh starts its agenda on Day 1. It is very clear about its constituencies and its supporters and always takes care of them first.

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"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
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