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ChairmanMaohamet 
07/26/2013, 20:38:14
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and I don't need linday's stuff to form my opinion. The printed magazine I used to read before is the economics and political weekly:
http://www.epw.in/
When I said 'brown aryans', I usually mean hi-caste hindis. In bharat, usually the hier the caste, the liter the skin though not always. Unless u claim the 'aryan migration/invasion' is bogus like what the hinduwadis claim, the caste/race divide originate from certain outside races dominating the aborgine races.
BTW, south india states have their share of brahmins. I hope u don't deny this
I read lindsay's site because he's a linguist by education and once an anthropogist by profession as he claimed. He certainly knows more on the subject than I do.
Now the economics stuff, I can't imagine the economy and currency of nation of 1.25 billion people so dependent on money from outside unless the nation is very poor or quite f""ked up or both(like china in 1976), so pls don't tell me the rot isn't deeper.
One final point on the rupee(currency of 1.25 billion people)dependency on inflow of foren currency: The bulk of hindi popn don't participate in the competitive economy. They're subsistent caste-bound peasants or labourers. A chinese assembly line worker making only simple toys for export might be lowly paid, still particiapte in the competitive global economy
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-Corsair-
07/27/2013, 17:37:58
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You can tell by the quality of his writing and logic. He claims to have an MA in linguistics from Fresno State, but his profile at Academia.edu lists what appears to be his blog material under his publications. Moreover, by reading his (semilucid at best) posts on the Bigfoot DNA debacle he has little understanding of either the scientific publication process (even if he is not a "research anthropologist", anyone with a graduate degree should know about this) or molecular biology, genetics, and any other knowledge necessary for his interest in racial classifications (or Bigfoot).
Lindsay also boasts often of his sexual prowess, which doesn't exactly give him an air of trustworthiness.
I have no idea what this man does for a living (his Linkedin profile claims he owns an IT company and was a linguist-anthropologist who made an alphabet for the Chukchansi Yokuts language, though I suspect he may be actually on welfare since he has waaaaaaaay too much time on his hands) but it's highly unlikely he has an academic background at all. I don't know why you think he does. I think he's fringe, at the very best. CMF has more and broader talent than Lindsay and his entire flock of commenters combined, and that includes the trolls.
As for remittances, India isn't the Philippines and NRIs are a very small percentage of the population. Exports certainly would play a bigger role but what do you see made in India?
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-Corsair-
07/28/2013, 17:15:40
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Not only does he lack a degree in anthro but he lacks a basic understanding of the very anthropological topics he most likes to blog about.
As for the Indian economic issues, the vast majority of them aren't unique to India. However, certain socio-cultural factors endemic to India make things a lot worse there.
I don't think entrepreneurship is lacking amongst Indians as Indian owned shops, hotels, and other small businesses are widespread around the world. Granted these business owners are unlikely to be Brahmins, but they probably don't give much thought to Brahmins themselves and the percentage of Brahmins in India is relatively small anyways. Brahmins can't possibly have such a huge impact on the Indian economy (same goes for the IT hallucinators, but they are quite a different bunch compared to small business owners).
Regarding Indian unemployment, this is a difficult thing to measure as evidenced by the situation in the US. A street vendor in any country would probably still be considered employed even if his sales drop to the point where he gets no return on his investment.
A slight digression but Indian love for gold is perfectly rational considering the theat of inflation.
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-Corsair-
08/02/2013, 18:28:45
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because his unprofessional style, willingly to credulously repeat baseless hearsay, extreme racism, and dabbling in fringe areas make him appear less credible to say the least. He's like the Richard Que of Indology, only slightly more articulate! Do you really think some raving Bigfoot fanatic can really "effectively" counter Hindutva BS? His carnival-sideshow only makes THEM look like the sane ones in the eyes of any random ignorant Americans who might happen upon his blog.
Who cares if Brahmins are on the top, they likely aren't the ones trying to start businesses and those (lower middle-class at best, you know what that means by Hindi standards) entrepreneurs mostly don't aspire to "run the show", they just want to make some money.
Socially/politically repressing people on the bottom of the caste system doesn't preclude a nation's economy from booming. Look at black people in the US for an example. I think India can indeed become an economic powerhouse even if a majority of the population is a malnourished, lynching-prone underclass. It's big enough for a small "core of excellence" to simply bypass the rest.
It's extremely dangerous to underestimate country which aspires to be a potential advesary.
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