Long ago, when I was a graduate student and the internet had not evolved so far, there used to be usenet groups. These have merged into google groups now. One of the usenet group was soc. indian.culture.tamil where there would be regular posts by Tamil fanatics. The gist of their posts was that everything was wonderful in the land of Tamils in 2000 BC. And then the Aryans came...
I was reminded of it when I read about the fantastic claims being made at the Indian National Science Congress. Everything was wonderful in Ancient India when Sanskrit ruled the roost (never mind that it was inaccessible to every one except a minute population). In our ancient texts lies the solutions to everything- aviation, nanotechnology, medicine...the list is endless. And then...
Ugh!
I was reminded of it when I read about the fantastic claims being made at the Indian National Science Congress. Everything was wonderful in Ancient India when Sanskrit ruled the roost (never mind that it was inaccessible to every one except a minute population). In our ancient texts lies the solutions to everything- aviation, nanotechnology, medicine...the list is endless. And then...
Ugh!
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