Thread by @TheBrokenTusk

Hinduphobia, Colonial tropes & Anti-Brahmanism in the Asterix comics, published 1987. Hindu Gurus are portrayed as εvil "Hoodunnits" who advocate hυmαη sαςπificε.

Hoodunnit or Who-done-it is a term used for a mμrdeπ story,in which you don't know who did the mμrdeπ until the end.

Hindu Gurus shown plotting & Scheming to overthrow the king.

"Indra will call for more royal βIooδ... and it will be off with the Rajah's hεαδ!"
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Bathing in the Ganga is shown as backward & mocked, Obelix upon seeing the ritual comments:
"Clear as mud! These Indians are cπazy!"
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More anti Brahmanism, Gurus shown plotting, Gurus are compared to wizards with spells
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"May Vishnu stπαηgle you, Evil Guru!"
Gurus compared to "Serpents"
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Hindus depicted as a backward people hailing human sacrifice of Royalty, while the "Evil Guru" thinks of Hindus as "Poor silly idiots" and finally the white "saviour" of the "poor natives" comes along.
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Hindu Princess trusts white "saviour" over Guru.
Evil Guru yells "Guards! Seize those Blasphemous men"

Since when does Hinduism have the concept of Blashphemy?
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A Hindu is shown saying "You'll be glad the boar is not a holy & inedible animal to us, Obelix!"
This is false, in the next tweet I will explain how the boar was worshipped by our ancestors, we even used the Wild boar on Hindu flags.
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RT @BharadwajSpeaks ji:
The wild boar stands for Lord Vishnu's incarnation Varaha. The sun & moon signify the eternity of Vijayanagara empire. Their long inscriptions usually end with phrase "the glory of Vijayanagara will remain unfaded as long as the sun & the moon exist"
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RT @BharadwajSpeaks ji:
They belong to the same family.But unlike domesticated pigs, wild boars generally don't feed on feces. This distinction was very important to the ancients. Even as they generally avoided pigs, they worshiped wild boar as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu
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