In a study published in the September 24th issue of Nature, an international team describes how they harnessed modern genomic technology to explore the ancient history of India, the world’s second most populous nation. The new research reveals that nearly all Indians carry genomic contributions from two distinct ancestral populations. Following this ancient mixture, many [...]
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Caste System is of Indian Origin : MIT study
Posted in Dalits / Aborigines, Hindutva, India Facts, Minorities, tagged Brahmin, Brahmins, Caste, Caste System, christians, Dalit, Dalits, Hindutva, Minorities, Muslim, Muslims, Upper Class on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You don’t have a promise to Keep
Posted in Dalits / Aborigines, Human Rights, India Facts, Minorities, Poverty, tagged AIDS, Children, Dalits, Education, India, MDG, Minorities, Poverty, Tribals on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite UNESCO’s Global Monitoring Report 2007 which lauded India’s effort to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it said that the country may fall short because of enormity of the out of schoolchildren.
About half (28 million) of the world’s out of schoolchildren are in four countries including India and Pakistan. And, 30 per cent of those [...]
The African Presence in India
Posted in Dalits / Aborigines, India Facts, tagged Africa, Aryan Invasion, Dravida, India, Indology, Runoko Rashidi on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The darkest man is here the most highly esteemed and considered better than the others who are not so dark. Let me add that in very truth these people portray and depict their gods and their idols black and their devils white as snow. For they say that God and all the saints are black and the devils are all white. That is why they portray them as I have described.”
Hinduism’s motherland was not in India but Pakistan
Posted in Dalits / Aborigines, Hindutva, India Facts, Minorities, tagged Hindu, India, Indology, Islam, Pakistan on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Empires of the Indus by Alice Albinia
In a land where it seldom rains, a river is as precious as gold.
Water is potent: it trickles through human dreams, permeates lives, dictates agriculture, religion and warfare. Ever since Homo sapiens first migrated out of Africa, the Indus has drawn thirsty conquerors to its banks. Some of the [...]
Hindutva states lead in crimes against dalits
Posted in Crime, Dalits / Aborigines, Hindutva, Human Rights, India Facts, tagged Brahmin, Dalit, Dalits, Hindu, Hindutva, India on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
State wise Brahmin Concentration (Courtesy :Outlook Magazine)
Uttar Pradesh which has the distinction of giving the country its first Dalit woman Chief Minister, also tops the list of states with highest number of cases of crime against Scheduled Castes.
With a staggering 4,960 cases of crime committed against people of Scheduled Castes, Uttar Pradesh tops the list [...]