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Look at the direct evidence - why are the post-harappan settlements all in the Gangetic plains? If you have no settlements, how can you claim human habitation?

The thing is that there were no settlements in the Ganges plain before the eastward migration - it was a "forested world" as the narrator tells us. The sites in the east are not large cities, but they are infact smaller settlements, which would be expected. On the other hand, there are not...

If you watch the video a bit further, the narrator clearly mentions that the people moved into the Gangetic plains. Well, then where is the evidence of settlements? Why are all the settlements in the east?

UnitedPak is focussed on how the Professor is somehow biased, and RR here talks about Saraswati river (which the prof never mentioned), along with some strange reasoning about "you guys tend to copy Pakistan a lot". Ha ha? If the culture shifted, may I ask what happened to the people? How did...

You guys are simply nit-picking, scrambling to prove that he's somehow biased. Indian descent - ignored the Indus River - Ganges as "overly holy" - can't take him seriously etc. etc. By the way, he's Dr. Sanjeev Gupta from Imperial College London: HONOURS and AWARDS-s.gupta Try and disprove...

True, several times Indian muslims in Assam get targetted (not that the Bangladeshi immigrants deserve to be "targetted" either. ) I think the only long term solution to this is for Bangladesh to implement population control measures. I think Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of...

Yes, actually the root cause is the population expansion in Bangladesh which forced the ethnic Bengalis to encroach upon the lands inhabited by these tribals. The population is now expanding into lower Assam too, where the demographics are changing at an alarming rate and they are causing...

Interesting. A prelude to the current influx of Bangladeshis into NE India and the rapid demographic changes taking place in Assam.

Well, I guess relations soured after the assassination of your leader, and the subsequent takeover by the military and allied Islamist forces. I really have no clue about these alleged RAW operations, so I' won't comment on that. In any case, I'd advise not to take Mr. Munshi's allegations...

That's extremely spurious reasoning, simply because you are equating economic growth with quality of life. They are completely different things. A country can grow at 15 percent per annum, but it can have the worst living conditions. On the other hand, another country may be in recession but...

Look, the biggest mistake is to treat the foreign policy of India like the personality of a single individual. Sure, some Indian policymakers saw it as a way to dismember Pakistan, but several others saw it as a way to end the colonial-esque rule over the region and thus an ethical step.

Haha...I guess you haven't been exposed to Zaid Hamid yet!

Watch This (BBC Documentary) : Answers several questions about the end of the Indus Valley Civilization and the beginnings of civilization into the Gangetic plain. Also explains the shift of civilization eastward into the Gangetic plains after the end of IVC, which we have been arguing over for...

What he is referring to, I think, is the "Story of India" series done for BBC by Michael Wood.

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They're very popular among Mallus, and even non-mallus like me :) I agree though - we need more support for grassroots bands. Apparently all the band members here are from a village in Kerala.

The only long-term solution to the conflict is for the Sri Lankan government to give equal rights to Tamils, and ensure the Tamil civilians that they won't be treated as second class citizens. LTTE is notorious for rising from the ashes after being apparently defeated. Hopefully, this time we...

I think in the 21st century battlefield, agility and brains count for more. This is not the 11the century AD when a bunch of 6.5 foot tall Afghans could overrun the battlefield with sheer physical force and stamina.

Actually, it does because of antiquated religious ideas which discourage contraception and family planning. Same for religious Christians - their preachers discourage them from using contraception.

90s band Colorblind: