This is the third and last part of my critique of Dr Subramanian Swamys video on Aryan / Dravidian. (1) He mentions that historian Romila Thapar once mentioned that she is not an adherent to the Aryan/Dravidian theory. Actually, what she has given up, with every decent historian in the world, is the idea that the Aryans invaded India. They now talk about migration. This appears like a change of ideological stance to people like Swamy, but it is only the natural progression of any science: the conclusions change with evidence. (2) He takes his audience on a ride by making it seem as if trying to convince K Karunanidhi not to celebrate Ravan-lila is a scholarly argument against the theory of Aryan migration. (3) Nowhere in the talk does Swamy mention that the words Aryan and Dravidian denote language families. Like all Hindutvavadis, he seems to be afraid of speaking about Indias linguistic diversity. (4) Instead, he talks about genetics which, because very few understand it, leaves a lot of room for unscience to make claims. He claims that all studies have shown that the DNA is the same everywhere in India. This is absolutely wrong. Genetic studies have actually shown that ANI and ASI are genetically divergent. ANI are ‘related to Central Asians, Middle Easterners, Caucasians and Europeans’ while ASI are ‘not closely related to groups outside the subcontinent.’ I wrote about it here: kiranbatni/2014/09/how-not-to-sell-the-vedas/ (5) To anyone listening with open ears, it should be clear that Swamy is unscientific in his approach to history. He repeatedly asserts that the Aryan/Dravidian theory has to be demolished, and needs a death blow. Thats totally against the method of science which requires you to seek, not fix, results.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 03:19:02 +0000
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