Dravidian origins

[RM. Krishnan]

At 09:37 PM 12/30/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I must remind Dr.Zydenbos, that while India remains a poor
>place (because of massive orderly looting by europeans), it
>remains democratic and has taken great steps in breaking bonds
>that hold back dalits. Even the priesthood is not the sole
>prerogative of any one group now.

Is it so? Can you give me an example of just one temple in South India
where this change in priesthood has occurred in the recent times? It has
always been an one way traffic from non-brahminized to brahminized customs
and priests. Classical example is Pazhani Muruhan temple.

>In addition to the head of
>state,the leader of the major ruling political party in India
>is a dalit.
>
>No country in Europe can claim having minorities or
>the underclass as heads of state or occupying positions of power.
>
>It must also be pointed out that Europeans
>have conducted the most horrific crimes ever and eliminated
>entire civilizations. No amount  of loud speaking can cover it up.
>
>Europe still has the greatest amount of racist attacks and
>killings.
>Compared to that the incidents in India are much less.
>Remember India has almost 2.5 to 3  times more population and
>many times poorer
>
>While Europe may have many good admirable things. Academic
>prejudice and using old ideas to reinforce euro supremacist
>notions is present in Europe. Recognizing some of such weaknesses
>is definitely a sign of overall academic strength. Some of our
>friends on this list have not yet realized that.
>
>Subrahmanya

Often enough, your postings are bordering politics (especially the present
day one of rewritng/revisionist Hindutva politics). I can understand and
appreciate an occasional one; but not so regular.  I don't know what is
your agenda.  If we start countering your points one by one, and you reply
in continuum, then we would be discussing politics and not Indology thus
deviating from the guidelines followed by the founder of this list. Hence I
refrain from doing that. (After all, this is 2001 beginning. Why start a
polemic?)

Hope you understand. The title of this thread is Dravidian Origins.

With regards,
RM.Krishnan


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