We’ve got to talk about the word Aryan

We’ve got to talk about the word Aryan

Author: Hindu American Foundation May 24, 2023 Duration: 18:26

If you think of Nazis, white supremacists, the Holocaust, a rabble of Fred Perry-wearing white dudes marching in Charlottesville, Virginia chanting “Jews will not replace us”, we don’t blame you. If your primary source of knowledge about India is your average  high school textbook or mass market travel guideyou might also conjure up images of a group of light-skinned Aryans invading India in the hoary past and subjugating the darker skinned people already living there, the invaders imposing their beliefs and culture. In this episode we explain to you the connection between those two sets of imagery and how both are hugely off the mark.


Related: That's So Hindu interview with Professor Lavanya Vemsani





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