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Entries by Rajiv Malhotra from 03/2011

European Misappropriation of Sanskrit led to the Aryan Race Theory

| Posted 03.21.2011 | Religion
Read More: Sanskrit, Aryan, Dravidian, Aryan Race Theory, Origins of Nazism, Hindus in India, Joseph Arthur Comte De Gobineau, Hindu-Jewish Summit, European Identity, Dravidian Race Theory, Nazi Ideology, European Racism, Origins of Racism, Christian Racism, Indo-Aryans, Europe, Religion News

It is not widely known that the European quest to appropriate Sanskrit motivated the construction of the "Aryan" race identity, one of the ideological roots of Nazism.

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How Evangelists Invented 'Dravidian Christianity'

| Posted 03.29.2011 | Religion
Read More: Indian Christianity, Aryan Race Theory, Dravidian Christianity, Colonialism, Tamil Culture, Sanskrit Origins, Early Christianity in India, Christianity, Breaking India, Bishop Robert Caldwell, Evangelism, St. Thomas in India, Indian Church, Lemuria, Religion News

In south India, a new identity is being constructed. It is an opportunistic combination of two myths: the "Dravidian race" myth and that early Christianity shaped the major Hindu classics.

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