It is often said, History does not work on the terms of what ifs' and what if nots', but the same history is regarded as a teacher, and a critical evaluation of where you lead to is based fairly on where you come from.
Indian subcontinent has been regarded as one of the most early civilizations dating back to the bronze age co-existing with Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Chinese civilizations.
The stark contrast to those contemporary times was the advancement of the way people lived here.
The stark contrast to those contemporary times was the advancement of the way people lived here.
Fast forwarding to many millennials, there came a theory which regards the invasion of Aryans from the steppes who rushed over the holy-land and pushed away the indigenous people towards the south, later regarded them as 'Dravidians'.
The theory of Dravidian people being different to the people in North has been a very popular one amongst the political class and dividable class of Indians.
Dravida actually refers to a place where three coast meet and the inhibitors are called Dravidians.
Dravida actually refers to a place where three coast meet and the inhibitors are called Dravidians.
The southern part of India can be regarded as a Dravidan land, but is has nothing to do with the people having a different race to their counterparts in the north who seem to have come from steppes, allegedly.
The Aryan invasion theory came to light under the colonial rule, first cited ever in 1850s' when British and their colonial counterparts decided to study the ancient Indian wisdom under the light of growing resistance of Indian working class to their hegemonic rules.
There was a systematic introduction of institutions and committees to study Indian Vedas and texts i.e. Indology.
The most prominent name that we all must have heard was Max Muller who was a German native and who wrote extensively on Indian history.
The most prominent name that we all must have heard was Max Muller who was a German native and who wrote extensively on Indian history.
James Mill is another such name who wrote on Indian history (specially ancient) very extensively and later their written books were read by people whom we today regard as the most prominent historians India ever had.
Although we may not shed enough light over this fact, but there has been a distortion of history that has been taught to us and the biggest hand to it was served by Imperialist rule of British over India.
They systematically magnified and stretched the fault lines in India's ethos and the working life.
The policy of Divide and rule was just not limited to religion or caste, it was even extended to humanity when Nazi Germany bestowed every other race except one that Hitler sided.
The policy of Divide and rule was just not limited to religion or caste, it was even extended to humanity when Nazi Germany bestowed every other race except one that Hitler sided.
Having said that all, indigenous people of every such colony also magnified motives which helped the imperialists even more.
Aristotle has regarded man as a social animal and later Hobbes recited the selfish nature of man, the imperialists were aware of these philosophies.
Aristotle has regarded man as a social animal and later Hobbes recited the selfish nature of man, the imperialists were aware of these philosophies.
Today, India finds itself on a crossroads of a political churning where we can see a much more extensive amount of fault lines and incorrectness amongst our own people.
The political class today is not afraid to regard these fault lines as a means of their way to please and side people to vote for them.
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