Whoever has asked you to be more specific probably did not know that I hardly understand or pay attention to any of these specifics.I admit that I need to learn these cultural details in case by any chance I take it up as my subject of study.In any case, I appreciate the efforts. Sorry for being ignorant in these matters.--On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:00 PM, George Thompson <gthomgt@gmail.com> wrote:GeorgeDear List,I've been asked to be more specific. Admittedly, the term "Siberian" is very vague. My son is engaged to a professional genealogist who encouraged him to take a DNA test for paternal descent. It turns out that my father, whom I have never met, is from Yakutsk and very likely to be a Sakha of that region.On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@gmail.com> wrote:Yes, you did not say anything like IVC is superior to Vedic or urban is superior to pastoral/nomadic. As such, my words do not apply to your post.I have been working on a shepherd community partly retaining its itinerant life style partly settled, spread in Telangana, southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Prof. Gunther Sontheimer worked on the Maarashtra side of the topic, earlier to me.This is, as you can understand, apart from my being one of those looking back at the painful colonial past of my country.--On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:35 PM, George Thompson <gthomgt@gmail.com> wrote:By the way, I am half Euro and half Siberian, and I know well what it is like to be a victim off racism."Civilizational" is a word that is not a part of my personal lexicon. I pointed out the IVC was urban whereas Vedic was pastoral/nomadic. I expressed no evolutionist/racist views.GeorgeOn Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@gmail.com> wrote:_______________________________________________Civilizational cultures are superior to/ achievements over non-civilizational/ pastoral is evolutionist. Evolutionism has racist underpinnings.Prof.Nagaraj PaturiHyderabad-500044
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