[tied] Re: Misra, Bryant and Indigenous-Nationalist Conflation

Oooo nooo! I go away for a few days and miss the whole fight.

Well, here's a few last words from Bryant:

"Scholars such as Renfrew and Gamkrelidze and Ivanov can radically
challenge established Indo-European homeland theories in the West,
but the academic culture in India has developed to the point that
anyone attempting to even question established paradigms in early
South Asian history is in danger of being dubbed a Nazi…. It is
obviously unconducive to the pursuit of impartial scholarly research
that is making at least some effort to be objective." pg. 276

"However the interpretation of evidence being presented by the
Indigenous Aryan group cannot be opposed because of the Hindutva
element: that would equally be allowing ideological beliefs to
manipulate historical interpretation." pg. 304