Anthropology got rid of the word 'primitive' almost a hundred years ago. Those
whoever refer traditional or aboriginal or small-scale societies as primitive
are considered ethno-centric and non-scientific.
Anthropology thrives on cultural relativism and holistic understanding. It
demystified 'race' and the so-called 'civilization'.
Pre-historic archaeology proves that humankind originated from a single
mother.
Science also evolves and gets rid of its own myths as it grows.
What is important is rational quest with love for humanity.
SATHYA
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I will support any campaign to stop media influenced by the western
philospohy and living, and also those people who consider anything that is
Indian as primitive from writing such tripe. One way is to mount a campaign to
dislodge such attitude from their mindset.
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Subject: Re: [ =>> Jharkhand <<= ] Fwd: STOP calling us Primitive
You are absolutely right.
Primitive was a derogatory term adopted by the Western to term non- western
culture, beliefs, people's vis a vis to their own supposedly highly developed
civilization/religion etc.
We Indians should have disposed of these terms upon independence, but that
never came about because today's India and Indian intellectual are an inferior
version of their western masters and copy cats of everything west. The
foundations of modern India was laid by Jawahlala Nehru who had least respect
or consideration for anything indigenuous. So everything that is local -- is
considered primitive.
The writers who tend to adopt such terms are generally very westernized,
de-Indianized and not in touch with their Indian roots. So only the semitic,
monotheistic beliefs and culture are considered modern. So all tribal, Hindu,
beliefs are looked down upon and made fun of.
It is high time we take these pseudo people from their high pedestals. Rashmi
internet is a great tool. I would suggest you get a team of people to
immediately shoot off letters whenever they write such which is often. We
should not not let them go lightly.
Today tribal folks, many of them repositories of ancient knowledge,
something which is fast disappearing from this world. We need to reverse this
trend.
Venkat.
On 4/13/08, Rashmi Ekka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
