Rajesh, believe me, I tried so hard. But there were so many slights. First, the rejection of Kamal Haasan’s start turn in Ek Duje ke liye. But really the last vada that broke this Dravidian camel’s back was my favorite Superstar Rajinikanth’s second billing (to some Amitabh ke Bacche) in Andha Kaanoon. I just couldn’t take it!!! How could they insult my hero so?

Rajesh, these might have been 9 tiny words to you. But they shattered the twin pillars of my existence. I have been curled up in bed all day, wondering whether all those buses and trains I stopped, those bridges I blocked, those Hindi books I burnt, those Scythians I stared down, was it all for nought based on measly incorrect information by the evil Wikipedia? Should I have trusted this instead? What separates me from Clayton Bigsby then?

You are right to avoid discussing Indian history with a south Indian, especially now, as some (even north Indians ) are trying to re-write the Aryan invasion theory and changing text books. It is difficult for a person to be objective when they are ethnocentric. The point that most on this discussion seem to be missing is that race is Bioligical and therefore Scientific, it has to do with genetics, blood type, and certain physical features and not not skin colour.

In defining race color should not be included

There are only three; Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid

You finally got the point. The problem begins when Caucasian is confused with White

That is indeed poses a problem, people do associate white with “first class Americans”. I can see how it hinders you from taking full advantage of White Caucasian power. You could get a vanity plate, or a T-Shirt with a Venn diagram to educate everyone, that whites, are a subset of Caucasians?

Then why do they seem to have issues with every North Indian group, or group descended from North Indians? For example, they fought so-called “Hindi imposition” with everything they had, and they are fighting from a seperate homeland in Sri Lanka. I used to debate Indian history on a certain website (not this one). Many Tamil members became furious over the mere mention of the word “Vedas.” There was also hostility towards Tamil Brahmins… but these same Tamils would eagerly re-invent Indian history to reflect its “Tamilness” for example, one of their claims being that Tamils were the original bearers of Hinduism, and “Sanskritization”, as they called it, was just an attempt at stealing Tamil ideas. And before I forget, one of the most popular topics was “Sanskrit words borrowed from Tamil.”

I don’t doubt Tamils have their own history, which they should be very proud of. BUT, it has been my unfortunate experience that discussing Indian history with Tamils is a difficult task. I try to avoid it now, if I can.