Hindu noise-makers, Elst and OIT -- a review of book by Harald

http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2013/10/hindu-noise-makers-elst-and-oit-review.html

OCT 11

Hindu noise-makers, Elst and OIT -- a review of book by Harald Haarman (2012).

Unwarranted generalisation. 

I take exception to Elst's categorisation of Hindus in a sweeping generalization even though

the comment, hopefully, meant --as a guide from an elder researcher -- to promote serious

research and falsifiable theories based on collation of evidences . California textbook case

was NOT lost because of Hindu noise-makers, Elst. It was an issue sponsored by a few

motivated academics and led by church-oriented bigots from Colorado.

"Thus, a leading French IE philologist who was given a prize at the Louvain-la-Neuve conference,

said that he had read a review of Michel Danino’s book on Harappan civilization (The Lost River:

On the Trail of the Saraswati, Penguin, Delhi 2010), countering the AIT, but that he wouldn’t waste

his time on actually reading the book, as its main thesis was “obviously ridiculous”... This state

of affairs would not be very surprising, given that the limelight for the OIT has been captured by

Hindu noise-makers, whose arrogance rivals only with their ignorance. "

http://koenraadelst.blogspot.be/2013/10/the-varna-event-and-indo-european.html

It is good to note that Elst differentiates himself from Hindu noise-makers and hopefully considers

himself to be non- noise-maker, though non-Hindu !!

It ain't scholarship to make sweeping comments categorising Hindus who study their indigenous

evolution and spread into Euroasia, out of India, as noise-makers. In fact, Elst, non-Hindu, will top

the list of OIT noise-makers ! He may recall that savants like Chatterjee, Kane DID believe in AIT.

And, as a neo-linguist, Elst with Talageri and others are positing an OIT. 

Who knows? The debate can go on forever without facts and with intellectual manthan or grinding

of limited anecdotes, of bits and pieces, covered in linguistic jargon.

Kalyanaraman

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