Why Indians still believe in Aryan-Dravidian myth?

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The mainstream narrative, which portrays Indo-Aryan (Hindu) culture as hegemonic, racist, intolerant, rapacious, and inegalitarian, imposes an Indian version of “white guilt” on persons of 'Indo-Aryan' ancestry, and engenders deep resentment and a desire to right historical wrongs among persons of 'Dravidian' and 'Dalit' ancestry – which manifests itself in various forms such as separatism and rejection of Hinduism and Indian culture, among others.

However,
The outdated 19th century widely acclaimed theory of Aryan invasion by Max Muller has been debunked. But why did this take so long?

1. Encouragement provided to this theory by colonialists to promote the North-South or the popular 'Aryan Dravidian divide' which still exists in minds of Indians. This was so intense during that time, that the founder of DK party of South, Ramasamy Periyar even supported Jinnah's idiotic demand of Pakistan to gain latter's support for his demand of a seperate Dravida state in South.
2.  The left/secular/liberal ecosystem derives much of its strength and power from its decades-old stranglehold on Indian academia, especially in the humanities (but also in other fields). Leftist academics staff or control most of India’s humanities departments. Leftist historians and academics monopolize academic discourse in India and marginalize dissenting voices. The leftist clique has ensured that every school, college, and university textbook teaches the theory.
3. India’s education system discourages students from asking questions and thinking on their own. This conditioning makes them accept the leftist narrative without question. As a consequence, several generations of Indians have grown up and spent their lives hating, or, at the very least, feeling ashamed of their culture and heritage. The theory gives leftist academics the ideal rationale for denigrating Indian culture, exhorting ‘lower caste’ students to reject Hinduism and rebel against ‘the establishment’, encouraging female students to reject Hinduism for being patriarchal and misogynistic, calling into question India’s right to exist as a nation, and supporting anti-national and separatist movements, all on academic and scholarly grounds. This is the modus operandi by which several generations of unquestioning and impressionable students have been indoctrinated and recruited into the leftist movement.
   
4. The science of genetics has revolutionized the study of ancient history and given researchers an unprecedented ability to uncover the details of humanity’s past. India has lagged behind in genetic research, and the government of India has in the past prohibited foreign researchers from collecting genetic samples of Indians. This restriction has been removed of late, and, as a consequence, a new picture of Indian history is emerging.
5. Instead of investigating the Indigenous Aryans Theory (IAT) using all means available, India’s leftist historians and academics have for decades dismissed it out of hand as “Hindutva”. This is why they decry any attempt to alter the status quo (such as modernizing history textbooks) as “fascism” and “historical revisionism”, and why they have marginalized scholars such as the distinguished archeologist B. B. Lal, whose immense body of work has never been allowed to make it to Indian textbooks.
6. India’s “mainstream” historians dismiss the Rig Veda (which has enough evidences to debunk this theory) as mythology. This is a naive and subjective assumption that betrays an unscholarly bias on their part. If the Rig Veda is mythology, then so are Herodotus‘ fanciful and inaccurate histories. Herodotus, however, continues to be cited as a reliable historian. This smacks of double standards. The Rig Veda is certainly less fanciful than Herodotus’ Histories. Moreover, it is a veritable treasure that gives us the earliest literary insight into human society and thought. As such, it must be taken seriously.

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Is Tamil Nadu becoming a Nazi Germany?

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Whenever we hear the word 'Nazi', it reminds us of The Holocaust. It reminds us how a wrong propaganda was used to target a minority.
Contrary to what many people believe that it was Hitler's hatred for Jews which led to holocaust, I believe that it was Hitler's hunger for power which led to holocaust.

Targeting a successful minority group is a widely used tactic used by world leaders from time immemorial to rise through ranks and become a messiah of the ‘so called oppressed’.

Hitler used the same propanganda. He utilised his remarkable speaking skills to turn the defeated and impoverished Germans against the Jews. Jews were a small but a prominent group among his opposing parties which included Bolsheviks, socialists, social democrats. He blamed them for the German defeat in World War I and thus used the Jewish blood to etch his name in history. The other explanation of ‘a superior race’ was just a superficial move to enhance the hatred and division.

Tamilnadu is facing a similar scenario on a smaller scale. Let me first give you the background of the whole story about some people who are using 'hate politics' to gain power.

Periyar Ramasamy

(Disclaimer: Periyar was a great personality who brought several social reforms but I believe that his principles were wrongly utilised to justify hatred against a whole community in South India.)

Born in a wealthy Indian family, Periyar faced discrimination from some Brahmins when he visited Kashi temple. To vent out his anger, he started criticizing the entire Brahmin community for the exploitation of people (like Hitler targeted Jews). He preached that the Brahmins had monopolised and cheated other communities for decades and deprived them of self-respect.

His followers (DMK party like Nazi party) started advocating the thesis that the Tamil language was much richer than Sanskrit and Hindi and hence started targeting the Brahmins in the name of Sanskrit (like Hitler preached superiority of Aryans). Periyar also stated that if words of North Indian origin (Sanskrit) are removed from Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, only Tamil will be left.

What he did not preach about the community that constitutes just 5% of India’s population:

1. There is no SINGLE Brahmin god in Hinduism! All gods are from backward castes, dalits and tribals. Brahmins never created the concept of Gods in Hinduism.
2. Vedic literature was mostly written by non-Brahmins! The Manusmriti which was used to criticize Brahmins was written by Manu, a non-Brahmin. Ramayana was writen by a tribal Valmiki and Mahabharata was written by Vyasa who was born to a fisherwoman.
3. Historical evidences show that poor hapless Brahmins were beheaded by Arabian invaders, crucified in Goa by the Portuguese Inquisition, vilified by British missionaries, and morally crucified today by their own brothers and sisters. Then how can one claim that just a particular community faced oppression?

What was the result?

Recent attacks on Brahmins senseless and rooted in Periyar’s iconoclasm

The anti-Brahmin theory was planned and successfully planted by hostile invaders, colonialist and missionaries of conversion and by politicians to keep the public blind and at the same time gain power. The same tactic was employed by Hilter to gain power - ‘Create Hate and Rule’.

Like in many other revolutions, if anger and aggression had evolved organically, it should have been the wealthy landowning / ruling castes  on the receiving end of all this anger. But in the case of Tamil Nadu, this movement had a political agenda whereby they just chose Brahmins as the punching bag. They were easy targets because they were economically weakest relative to other forward castes, literally owned no land (except may be delta region), but still were the most visible, since many of them worked as civil servants in the British era. The result is that Brahmin population is a shrinking demographic in Tamil Nadu, and will be extinct soon. 

The more depressing fact is that even the educated masses are attracted by this movement. Still there is a hope that people will realize their folly and move above the caste barriers.

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