Thanks for sharing this.  It’s truly dismaying to see the world’s “two greatest democracies “ — India and the US — submerged by floods of sheer idiocy. 

Matthew Kapstein 

EPHE, Paris 

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Subject: [INDOLOGY] "The Age of the Unicorn, Brought to You by IIT Kharagpur"

 

https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/iit-kharagpur-vedic-culture-calendar-hindutva-aryan-invasion-symbols-claims/

 

[FYI: this is related to these other recent developments from the same institute on the same topic:

• IIT-Kharagpur calendar calls Aryan invasion a myth

• With IIT Kharagpur Calendar, the Hindutva Right Takes Another Step Away From Science   ]

==Excerpts====

• The unicorn as a symbol of a Vedic rishi is among the four “decisive evidences” the sages of IIT Kharagpur have presented in a 2022 calendar, whose stated purpose is to rebut the “Aryan invasion myth”.

• The calendar has been produced under the auspices of the newly inaugurated Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems at IIT Kharagpur, headed by Prof. Joy Sen.

• Even though this calendar has thrust IIT Kharagpur into the news, the so-called “Indian Knowledge Systems” already have a home in IIT Gandhinagar, and IIT Kanpur may be next in line.

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