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We need a CCP-style commission with unlimited resources to uncover the identities and story of the Indo-Aryan band of men who challenged the Egyptian New Kingdom (1200 BCE). Merneptah, the 4th Pharaoh (19thD), had to go into a campaign in the Western Delta to quell them. There is a trail of R1a-L657 throughout West Asia (1-2%), but no story.

I am sorry to say that your knowledge is based on social media generated misinformation. Clearly you have not studied any of original book of any scholar. It is futile to provide you with any of the good books. Because you shall not be able to understand their quality. However, you think yourself, that why did the British have to decipher Ashoka's inscriptions? Why it was that no body from India was able to read/ decipher the Brahmi script until the British did that for us. I am sure you will invoke the Vimanashastra, which you have never purchased and read just heard of. This anti-intellectual utterly low mentality is the root cause of all the current problems and sufferings of contemporary India. Such people neither possess talent themslves nor have they capacity to appreciated something praiseworthy in others. Such people ultimately develop into Mohan Yadav, Modi, Chandrachud and Meshram and VP Singh who claimed that talent is nothing: it is just a claim of the privileged ones.

All this 'STEM vs Humanities' slugfest is something you will only see in the cut-throat, status/caste/reservation obsessed, survival minded Indian discourse. You wont see such demeaning discussions in developed countries. Both fields are recognized for their important mutually reinforcing roles. They are not in a status competition, but aid each other in improving society. People's innate talents and passions are promoted and nurtured. And they are channeled for the best outcomes for society and the individual, not as tools to one-up each other. Critical thinking, creativity and cross-disciplinary work flourishes. In India, consequently, both fields are doing replications, imitations, reactions, and catch-up efforts of whatever comes out of Western Industry and Academia. Not willing, or able, to produce original work that is relevant to the whole world and which the world would want to adopt. 'Putting the right people in the right places' is one of the important ingredients to this social change. Most Indians are not doing what they truly love or truly capable of doing. And the frustration comes out in many forms. I met a Punjabi tech guy at a public speaking event in Germany, and this is one of the things he told me- ''Yeah, this guy has great yapping skills, but can he write the JEE like me?'' [Remember, he was there to learn essential skills from the very guy he was mocking]. An exam is his whole personality, the whole gamut of his mind. I just stopped interacting with him after that. Some of the most genuine humans, kindest, most inspiring and well-read people I have made friends with so far are artists here. A pleasure just interacting with them! Now on another note, consider the first generation 'Indologists' and civil servants cultivated by the East India company for contrast. These individuals played critical roles in the difficult job of sinking the iron roots and boots of British legal systems into the very feudalistic 18th century Indian soil where everything was divided, compartmentalized and hyper-specialized- Knowledge, skills and humans too. Even though they were our adversaries, the caliber of these elite intellectuals appointed as the first generation civil servants is something to be admired. Notice how they combine excellent talents in Hard sciences, classical literature and critical, independent and higher order thinking. Many of them opened up entirely new branches of study. Top tier Polymaths and Generalists. Take a few examples- 1. Sir William Jones (1746–1794) Translated Śakuntalā and Gītagovinda; Did the difficult work of studying Hindu and Islamic law to integrate them with EIC rule Helped discover 'Language families' and develop comparative Indo-European linguistics though his findings. The EIC, noticing his talents, appointed him as the Judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta 2. Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) -"the first great Sanskrit scholar in Europe". The son of the Chairman of East India Company Translated Brahmagupta and Bhāskara II A Digest of Hindu Law on Contracts Translated the Sánkhya Káriká Translated Mitākṣarā and Dayabhaga [Hindu Laws of inheritance] Published a Grammar of Sanskrit Worked on Sanskrit lexicon Amarakośa The EIC appointed him as Collector, Magistrate and Diplomat in different roles. 3. Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826–1906) Translated the four vedas [Ṛgveda, Sāmaveda, Atharvaveda and White Yajurveda] and threw open the most ancient literature of the Indo-Europeans to the intellectuals of the world and to the Indian public. A massive turning point. Appointed the 'Director of Public Instruction' for North-Western Provinces and Oudh 4. Charles Wilkins (1749–1836) Translated the Bhagavad Gita and helped in creating types for Indian scripts and establishing printing technology for Indian languages. A technology that the Elites of Vijayanagar empire themselves should have adopted and developed from the Portuguese in Goa 300 years earlier- but did/could not, because of ritual taboos, among other reasons. Wilkins held multiple positions- Superintendent of the East India Company's factories, Superintendent of the Company's press, and Director of the East India Company Library This was the caliber of the people who helped transform the East India Company from a Corporation into a Government. Even in the 21st century, can the Indian Republic claim that we have Judges, Diplomats and Officers that can rival them in capability, clarity and aspiration?

I think Grok needs to be trained on the data collected in the book ‘Will of the Tathagata’ If biases like this are rampant in the AI models coming out of the West, the rest of the world is in serious trouble… @elonmusk

इंतज़ार का फल मीठा होता है 😊 you’ll have a special premiere 🙏🏽

Many of them, Bharthrhari one of the most rigorous.

Can you name the Indian philosopher who pointed out this problem for the first time?

IDK how the Indian Idealists can return when: 1. We have a toxic combo of a legacy British education system designed to generate clerks/colonized minds (not critical thinkers) and Marxists controlling higher ed in humanities/liberal arts/history who train Indians to hate their heritage, languages, and history. 2. Vast majority of the population still living with a survival mindset.

Weird things happening lately I was just chilling, reading German philosophy in a Biergarten. A stranger comes up. Dutch. A psychology major, holding a book of Bertrand Russel. The book is confusing. Wants to start reading philosophy and regrets wasting so many years. Wants my advice on how to start. The answers welled up at the tip of my tongue- Cittamātra, Apohā, Adhyāropa, Tathāgata-icchā...But I controlled myself. It is wiser to start with something closer to my beginner student's home. So I explained Kantian philosophy and its impacts on modern sciences and humanities. One hour felt like moments. This individuals eyes lit up, awestruck. I was also surprised- I have never seen someone's interest so quickly raised by philosophy. And an Indian Idealist guiding a European into German Idealism? Weird. Hmm.. Anyways, I got a message the next day from my newfound 'disciple'- ''When we meet again, I want an elevated discussion on Transcendental Idealism..'' Almost feels like destiny. Two thought-lineages. Two of the most sophisticated philosophies of all time. Intersecting once again. What will emerge anew from it? I also felt a weird taste at the back of my mind. Why, in all my years, could I never experience a conversation like this in India? Where have the Indian Idealists vanished?

The Indian philsopher closest to effective altruism is probably Shantideva. He was an applied ethics engineer of his time who wrote a training manual for future Bodhisattvas. By radicalizing the idea of 'anatman' (no-self), he reaches the idea that because there is no enduring self, there is no ultimate reason why any particular stream of suffering should count more merely because it is mine. plato.stanford.edu/entries/e…

My friend @JoeAgneya has written a path breaking book which talks of how Buddhism and the monks laid foundation of christianity: The Will of the Tathagata. The 500+ pages book is first among the series of 7 he intends to publish. Hope you can can look at it..

As China becomes a leading power in the world, it is important to understand their philosophy and ethics. This video has been proudly circulated by Chinese technocrats, to celebrate their rapid advancement in robotics and automation. And we discover a profound lack of empathy for animals in their thinking. But here's what Chinese schools of philosophy teach us about animals: 1. Confucianism: Human social order, ritual propriety and benevolence are important. Humans are superior and distinct because they develop a full moral capacity (compassion, shame, deference, righteousness). Animals exist for human use within a hierarchical cosmos. 2. Daoism: All beings participate in the Dao. Humans are not inherently superior; animals embody naturalness and can be great teachers. Bloodless offerings and temporary vegetarianism for ritual purity are encouraged. 3. Chinese Buddhism (from India): All sentient beings possess Buddha-nature and can be reborn across forms according to karma. Killing generates negative karma; compassion extends to all. 4. Folk Religion: Animals and humans both share qi, respond to Heaven and form an organic whole. Animal sacrifice was central for the elite. Philosophical ideals of restraint and harmony coexist with utilitarian use. 5. Remote Benevolence with Chinese characteristics: Compassion and meat-eating can coexist if actual work of turning animals into boxed protein is performed by fully automated lines.

Frankfurt School has infiltrated Nalanda University via Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University. The same woke ecosystem is being created there.

It is completely demoralizing that the Indian Republic with all its resources and man power tried to rebuild Nalanda- And THIS is the result? We cant even keep out Communists and Islamo-apologists from polluting our Civilizational project? The more you follow their playbook of Eternal 'Clash of Religions/class/castes' the less you will be able to mount an Intellectual Reconquista. The side that always attacks will eventually win over the side that always defends. There is deep philosophical convergence between Buddhism and Hinduism. In their origin and their destiny. Its called Idealism. It will take some intellectual effort from you to truly understand this, but this is what you need to draw out. This is what will become a shield and sword for you. Even Marxism is a mutated virus that emerged from this same philosophy through serial passage though foreign cultures and tumultous eras. What better antidote than a vaccine straight from the ancient motherlode? India needs to own and take back Buddhism. This is where it originated. This is where all the great scriptures of Cittamatra and Vedanta were written. This is where *Hindu* kings built and funded the Mahaviharas. This is where the glorious unfinished philosophical projects of ancient Hindu-Buddhist philosophers- violently stopped by Islamic invasions- need to be re-inaugrated again. How foolish and incompetent of India to refuse to take possession of one of its greatest soft powers and to allow adversaries to use it as a weapon against its society!

Light skin and and blue eyes likely originated in India(blue eyes alleles were in IVC). Europeans were black when Iran/India already had light skin

Very explosive information. This is third such instance this week. Looks like OIT is going to turn out to be true.

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. With such clear evidence for the Indian origin of the white skin genes in Homo sapiens, this whole theory of steppe ancestry bringing white skin to india should be “history”!! Are the origins of the gene (if any) for blonde hair also likewise traceable?

Mass awareness campaign is required atleast via digital SM platforms to make some serious change wrt misinformation grained into the minds of indians.

Thanks. I didn’t know about this. Funnily enough, our intellectuals seem to be more ignorant than the masses, even though it is their duty to create awareness about such things. Seems like we have to do it ourselves.

This should be General Knowledge in India going forward :